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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Knott, Cargill Gilston

Napier Tercentenary Memorial Volume

Published: Longmans, Green and Company, London, 1915

Edition: First

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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.
  • Jacket Condition: None
  • Binding Condition: Reasonably good
  • Overall Condition: Reasonably good
  • Size: 262mm x 200mm
  • Sold By: Gandolph's Books
  • Contact Person: Arnaud Labuschagne
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: +27 11-624-1752
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Cash, Cheque deposits in Rands, bank transfers.
  • Trade Associations: AA Approved


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