Biographical sketches of eminent characters; compiled from various authors. to which are now added, miscellaneous pieces in verse and prose

by John Ewart

$425 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

First edition

London: printed for the Editor: and sold by C. J. G. and F. Rivington, St. Paul’s Church-Yard, and Waterloo-Place, Pall-Mall, 1830. First edition, 8vo, pp. 6 , 448, 2 ads; engraved frontispiece portrait; original brown paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine; small crack starting at the bottom of the front joint; overall, very good. Two old library shelfmarks at the top of the front pastedown. Steel-engraved armorial bookplate and the bookplate

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