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Napier Tercentenary Memorial Volume
Knott, Cargill Gilston
Description:
Published for the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Original white cloth boards with gilt titling and the Napier crest on the upper board. Wine-red end papers. Inserted after the preface, by a person interested in the descendants of Lord Napier are some pictures and pages from the Border Magazine. xii prelims, 442 pages, colour frontis and a further 15 plates. CONDITION DETAILS: A few signs of use, the free front end paper has two pen names and a patch where a book plate was removed. The are very few spots/foxing and a small soil mark or two. Although the binding is a bit soiled, and the gilt title a bit faded, the overall condition is very reasonable.
Details:
- Publisher: Longmans, Green and Company
- Publisher Place: London
- Date of Publication: 1915
- Edition: First
- Jacket Condition: None
- Binding Condition: Reasonably good
- Overall Condition: Reasonably good
- Size: 262mm x 200mm
- Lot No: 75
- Hammer Price: $25
- Bids: 5
- Visits: 17
- Estimate: $40
- Reserve: $20
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Seller Details:
- Name: Gandolph's Books
- Address: 49 Roberts Avenue Kensington Johannesburg 2094 South Africa
- Contact Person: Arnaud Labuschagne
- Country of Origin: South Africa
- Email: gandolph@telkomsa.net
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- Preferred Payment Methods: Cash, Cheque deposits in Rands, bank transfers.
- Trade Association: AA Approved
- Additional Information: Telephone: 011-624-1752




