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1905 In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays
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Description
First Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding
The first edition.
In the publisher's original cloth binding.
With a page of publisher's advertisements from the same author.
A collection of essays on the Bodleian Library, its readers, the founder Sir Thomas Bodley, as well as other important figures of the Georgian and Victorian eras.
Figures such as Arthur Young, Charles Bradlaugh and Lord Chesterfield are discussed.
From Augustine Birrell, the former Chief Secretary for Ireland.
Condition
In the original cloth binding. Externally, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities, heaviest to the head and tail of spine. Marks to the boards. Cloth crest to the front board. Bookplate of one Charles R. Buckley to the front pastedown. Marks to the rear pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with a few scattered spots, heaviest to the first and last few leaves.
Good
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