1856 Memorials of his Time Henry Cockburn First Edition Frontispiece Portrait

Description: Click here to see our other books! Memorials of his Time Henry Cockburn 1856 Adam and Charles Black : Edinburgh 9.5" by 6" viii, 470, 24pp SUMMARY A first edition, posthumously published autobiography by Henry Cockburn, an important Scottish antiquary. Publishers' Original Binding Overall Condition: Good This book weighs 1 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 22.99 EU Postage: £ 16.99 European Postage: £ 17.99 Asia Postage: £ 22.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 28.99 DESCRIPTION A fascinating autobiographical account of this important Scotsman's life.Written by Henry Cockburn (1779-1854), a Scottish antiquary and judge known for serving as Solicitor General for Scotland from 1830 until 1834. This was his primary literary achievement, and appeared after his death, in 1856.A first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author.A marvellous autobiographical work, presented in the publisher's original full cloth. CONDITION In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart, with some bumping to the head and tail of the spine resulting in a little loss to the cloth. Extremities are also rather bumped. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown; pencil notes to the rear pastedown. Internally, front hinge is strained but remains firm; binding is otherwise a little tender, with noticeable strain to pages 208 and 209 and binding exposed at pages 240-1 and 256-7. Pages are bright and clean, with the odd pencil mark to the advertisements at the rear. Overall Condition: Good GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques

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