Search Results: the book hunter by john hill burton

George Routledge and Sons, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 259 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Notable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Marks overall. Textblock is shaky.

New York: Worthington Co.. Collectible - Acceptable. Reading Copy. Backstirp lacking. Boards soiled. Light foxing to the page edges. Front hinge starting to crack. Inquire if you need further information.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1885 Ex-Library. Fair. Hardcover. New Edition. Late 19th century on being a book-hunter, bibliophile, book lover! Boards are both detached, spine covering is absent, flyleaf is fragile and mostly separated from the binding; text itself is in very good condition. 427 pages.

George Routledge & Sons. Good. Burton, John Hill. The Book Hunter. Slater (editor), J. Herbert. London: George Routledge & Sons, ND. 259pp. 8vo. Red cloth. Book condition: Good with moisture stain on rear cover, a mottled front cover, rubbed and bumped corners, a discolored spine, chipping on spine ends, previous seller's pencil marks on front pastedown, and previous owner's book plate on front free endsheet. .

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1900. Later Edition. Hardcover. Condition is good minus. Front free endpaper is detached but present. Spine ends are worn. Covers have some slight rubbing to the front by the author's name and slight wear to the outer corners. Label remnant on front endpaper. Rear endpaper is missing a piece from the outer edge. .

George Routledge and Sons, 1910-01-01. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. London, 1910; red cloth covered boards; edges and back strip faded; notations on second end paper; previous owner's name on title page; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; top edges gilt; early and rear pages foxed; interior clean and unmarked; 259 pages.

New York: Sheldon and Company, 1863. First. Fair. John Hill Burton FRSE (1809 - 1881) was a Scottish advocate, historian and economist. The author of Life and Correspondence of David Hume, he was secretary of the Scottish Prison Board (1854-77), and Historiographer Royal (1867-1881) This copy is fair only in brownish purple cloth with a paper title label on the spine.  Covers are worn, with minor loss at the spine ends.  Ex-library with call number on lower spine and minor stamps and numbering on first few pages.  Paper title label is mostly worn away, so that it's now illegible.  Hinges and text block are cracked, but although the binding is loose it is still holding everything together.  Some age darkening of the text, but no other marks..

New York: Worthington Co., 1887. Boards are lightly scuffed and rubbed, black library tape over spinecover. Front inside hinge weak. Text pages are clean with no markings. . Half-Leather. Good -/No Jacket. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Book-Hunter.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1900. Octavo, viii+428 pages, original boards, gilt lettering on cover and spine, gilt top edge, untrimmed edges, lightly foxed, a very good copy

London: Routledge, 1900. Second edn. 8vo, pp. 259. Edited by J. Herbert Slater. Frontis portrait. Reddish cloth, stamped in gilt. TEG. VG.

New York: Worthington, 1887. Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo; xvi, 396 pages, rebacked in light leather, publisher's cloth, new endpapers, corners worn This edition begins with a memorial biography of Burton by E. J. G. Mackey. "From early manhood, Burton was a book-collector. His library comprised some ten thousand volumes . Upon publication [this] became and remains a standard work -Webber, BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS." Issued in The London Library Series. Frontispiece portrait of Burton.

Paperback / softback. New.

New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.