Western Worthies, a Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities
by Stephen James, J
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Star Office, Glasgow, 1872. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Star Office, Glasgow, 1872. 1st Edition . Good/No Jacket. 197 pp. 12mo. Brown cloth with gilt title. Wear at edges and top of of spine. Ex library with bookplate and handwriiten no. inside. Contents very nice, and binding is tight. Includes chapters on The Duke of Argyll, The Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, Sheriff H. G. Bell, Mr. Robert Dalglish, M.P., Mr. William Graham, M.P., Mr. George Anderson, M.P., Sir James Campbell, Mr. James Young, Mr. George Burns, Mr. James Baird, Sir William Thomson, Principal Barclay, Professor Rankine, Professor Allen Thomson, Professor John Caird, Rev. Dr. Norman Macleod, Rev. Dr. Robert Buchanan, Mr. Robert Napier, Mr. James Watson, Rev. Dr. William Anderson, Rev. Dr. John Ker, Rev. Dr. Eadie, Mr. Daniel Macnee, R.S. A., Mr. Thomas Corbett, Mr. Edward S. Gordon, M.P.
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 47
- Title
- Western Worthies, a Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities
- Author
- Stephen James, J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Star Office, Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1872
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY, SCOTTISH
- Bookseller catalogs
- Scottish Interest; Biography;
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