A Rich Man and Other Stories
Galt, John (introduction & editing by William Roughead)
From BOOKBARROW (PBFA member), Cambridge, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 23 January 2006
From BOOKBARROW (PBFA member), Cambridge, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 23 January 2006
About this Item
28 pages of titles; contents & illustration lists; & introduction; fold-out frontis. facsimile of a page of Galt's original manuscript of 'A Rich Man' & two further b/w. illustration plates. Written in the form of autobiographical letters the novel tells the tale of a Scot who rises from poor beginning to be Lord Mayor of London. Further stories included are: 'The Tribulations of the Rev. Cowal Kilmun' and 'My Landlady and Her Lodgers'. A glossary of Scots word in included at the rear plus 2-pages of publisher's titles. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 28 + 254 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. pre-title page browned, text block clean. Deckled outer & bottom edges (rough cut). Gilt titles spine (faded). front end-paper removed. green cloth. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Scottish Literature; Scottish Novels; Scottish Fiction; Scotland; 19th century; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 3937. Seller Inventory # 3937
Bibliographic Details
Title: A Rich Man and Other Stories
Publisher: T. N. Foulis Ltd., Edinburgh
Publication Date: 1925
Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Edition: First Edition.
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