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Edinburgh: Demonston & Douglas, 1862. Hardcover. Good. . Ex-library copy with usual markings. Half-leather cover with marbled boards shows minor wear, tear, and rubbing. Marbled edges and endpapers. Pages are lightly tanned and clean. Volume 2 only.

Edmonston and Douglas, 1862. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1862. No Edition Remarks. 335 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrative plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to gutters. Some pages coming loose from bind. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Occasional foxing. Thumb marking present. Back hinge is cracked. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges causing discolouration. Gilt lettering is darkened. Surface damage to front board.

Edmonston and Douglas, 1862-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. . 2-volume set. Full leather binding with gilt decoration, cracks and erosion on the backstrips, top board of volume 2 is detached. Top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Pages are tanned and clean, text and pictures are intact and unmarred.

New York: Worthington Company, 1863. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 8vo. Cloth, slight rubbing. Paper age toned and getting brittle. Engraved frontispiece little foxed. Wilson, conributing to Blackwood's & other periodicals, used the pseudonym 'Christopher North.'. This is the first USA edition. Size: 8vo. 484 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 pounds or less. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Literature & Literary. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.

New York: W.J. Widdleton, Publisher, 1875. Deep red cloth with spine lettered in gold. Compiled from family papers and other sources, with an introduction by R. Shelton Mackenzie. Complete in one volume. Illustrated with frontispiece and 8 plates. The subject, John Wilson, had been Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. Some fraying to spine ends, else a tight, clean copy of this biography. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

W. J. Widdleton, New York, 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Blind stamped pebble green cloth with gilt stamped spine lettering. The volume is bumped at the spine ends and the lettering is somewhat subdued. The endpapers are pinched at the gutter, there is light foxing at the pastedowns, endpapers, and first few leaves, and a bookseller's label is embossed on the first two endpapers. The volume is over-opened at the preface. Some leaves have jagged edges from being rough cut and, yet, others are uncut. First American edition.

W. J. Widdleton, 1880. Hardcover. Very Good. New York, 1880; Complete in on Volume; burgundy marbled paper covers; boards; leather spine and corners; mild edge and corner wear; 12mo - over 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; like marbled end papers and text block edges; Interior is clean and unmarked; 484 pages

Edinburgh: Thomas C. Jack, 1879. New edition. Very Good. New edition, 1879, hardcover with gilt stamped green cloth boards, octavo, 499pp., sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book VG with mild rubbing, wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, previous owner's sticker to front pastedown, otherwise text clean and unmarked with some toning throughout. No DJ.

New York: W.J. Widdleton, 1872 Good/No Jacket. Edition Not Stated. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bound in dark red cloth, with gilt lettering on spine. Corners lightly worn; bumped & chipped at head & tail of spine; spine faded; light scratch across front board. Book plate inside front cover. Binding tight, & interior clean. 484 pages, index. "Compiled from family papers and other sources by his daughter Mrs. Gordon, with an introduction by R. Shelton MacKenzie, D.C.L.". Includes portrait frontispiece; illustrated with engravings by J.G. Lockhart..

New York: Worthington Co., 1863. First US Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, blue cloth boards with gilt text on spine. Exterior shows minor wear and spotting, corners and edges are lightly bumped and worn as well. Internal binding is good and text pages are tight. Only hinge issue noted is at the front board hinge where there is a very small opening at the very top which measures less than one half-inch. Pages are tone due to age and some foxing and spotting is present, though mainly limited to the end pages and pastedowns. No signatures or bookplates present, no handwriting or library markings. Frontispiece still has tissue guard in place and attached.

New York: W.J. Widdleton, 1863. Illustrated by b/w engraved port frontis and 8 caricatures. First US edition. Original purple blind-stamped cloth, gilt print spine with "Library" Edition at heel. 8vo. pp. xi, [1] List of Illustrations, 484. Appendix (with chronology of works), Index. VG/No jacket, as issued. Some leaves loose at bottom, but nice reading copy. Introduction by R. Shelton MacKenzie. Biography referred to as "The Key to Blackwood's Magazine"..

W. J. Widdleton, 1870-01-01. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Light wear to the boards. Light wear to the corners. Light wear to the head and tail. Writing on endpapers. Underlining to text.

New York: W J. Widdleton. 1872. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus Used. H Hard Cover. Good. G in three-quarter leather with marbled boards and endpapers (wear and rubbing to boards and spine; hinges cracked; title block chipped; binding shaken) 8vo., 484pp.

New york: W.J. Widdleton, 1870. F . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Maroon boards with gilt lettering. Engraved frontis of Wilson.Spine faded, edges a bit rubbed, but good copy. Paper also a bit faded. Bookplate has been removed, glue not!

W J. Widdleton, 1872-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1894 Hagemann (New York) hardcover, navy boards have light edgewear, label on spine is tanned with small water spot- lettering there mostly ledgible, some small stains on rear cover, no markings found, colored endpapers, pages very nice, tanning to edges of textblock.

New York: Widdleton. Original green cloth. Few spots on back cover, strained inside front cover, Very Good Minus. . Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition.. 1863.

New York: Worthington, 1863. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Christopher North; A Memoir of John Wilson, Late Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh; Compiled from Family Papers and Other Sources by his Daughter, Mrs. Gordon. Introduction by R. Shelton Mackenzie. Rust-coloured cloth, xi, 484pp., index, notes, all illustrations present. Biography of the Scottish writer. Front hinge superficially cracked inside, but holding together nicely..

New York: W.J. Widdleton, 1863. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. x + 296 pages. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 in. high. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine & cover. Tissue-protected frontispiece. Condition of book is VERY GOOD; Text & Illustrations are very clean.

Edmonston and Douglas, 1862. Volumes 1 and 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Two volumes. 8vo. Cloth boards. Gilt stamp on front and gilt lettering on backstrip. Moderate exterior wear. Hinges split. Firm bdg both volumes. Both volumes internally clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1400grams, ISBN:

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.