Author:
Pryde, David.
Title:
PLEASANT MEMORIES OF A BUSY LIFE.
Binding:
Green cloth hardcover with gilt spine titles, bevelled edges, sewn signatures.
Book Condition:
Near Very Good.
Jacket Condition:
no dj.
Publisher:
Edinburgh/London:
William Blackwood and Sons
1893.
Seller ID:
4113
Distinguished writer, lecturer, and educationalist at the Edinburgh Ladies' College reflects on his scholastic and literary experiences as part of a remedy for his ill health. "I now realised that these Memories, like the fuel we burn, had preserved the sunshine of the Past, and now gave it forth to enlighten and cheer the Present." 249p: frontispiece portrait with tissue-guard; 21cm. Index + 32 page Catalogue of Blackwood Publications. 613g. Good Plus (spine gilt bright, binding sound, cloth lightly soiled, wear to spine ends and tips, previous owner's name half-title verso, nice for its age).
Price =
25.00 CAD |
|
