Glasgow Ancient and Modern - Glasghu Facies: A View of the City of Glasgow & The History of Glasgow from the Earliest to the Present Time - 4 Volumes

M'Ure, John and others (edited by John Tweed) & J.F.S. Gordon

Published by John Tweed, Glasgow, 1872

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1872. Presumed first edition thus in four divisions. 320pp. in division 1; pages 321-640 in division 2; pages 641-960 in division 3; and a title-page, note and pages 961-1279 in division 4. There are numerous black and white illustration, both within the text and on plates (some folding, in each volume. These book were also issued in a two-volume edition. They consist of two works on the history of Glasgow, the first being a reprint of John M'Ure's Glasghu Facies: A View of the City of Glasgow that was originally published in 1736. The second work - The History of Glasgow from the Earliest to the Present Time - has been written by various eminent authors and forms the fourth and last volume. The books are uniformly bound in the original blue cloth covered bevelled boards with gold titling on the spines and a gold stamped emblem on the front boards. The cases of the books are in very good condition with shelf wear and some soiling on the boards and bumping to the spine ends. The fourth volume has some white spotting on the front board. The contents are tight and clean apart from a few small marks and some foxing on the first and last few pages of each volume together with a little scattered light foxing elsewhere, including marks on some of the plates. There is a small name label on the front free endpapers and a name and date has been written on the top edge of the front fixed endpapers.PLEASE NOTE: This is a heavy set and extra postage will be required for non-UK customers. Seller Inventory # gVIGlasgow01

Bibliographic Details

Title: Glasgow Ancient and Modern - Glasghu Facies:...

Publisher: John Tweed, Glasgow

Publication Date: 1872

Binding: Blue Cloth Hardbacks

Condition: Very Good

Edition: Presumed First Edition Thus