POOR RELIEF IN SCOTLAND [AUTHOR'S COPY] AN OUTLINE OF THE GROWTH AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE POOR LAWS IN SCOTLAND, FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE PRESENT DAY

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1st Edition, 8vo (22cm). xi, (1) blank, 215pp, (1) blank, orig. green cloth, gilt, 350 copies printed (out of series). Enclosed is the printers invoice to the author for the printing, binding, setting, illustrating and publicising of the book, along with a prospectus. Many ink notes to endpapers. Some, presumably in the author's hand and others later. pencil marks (author's?) and later ink notes in text. Some foxing throughout. Binding sound. Some wear to corners and rubbing to spine. "Dr Cormack's Copy" (as noted in pencil on the half-title). An interesting insight into the costs of publishing a book in Scotland in the early 20th century. It is also a clear indicator of what we often, as book dealers, suspect: that the limitation number in such books often belies their true numbers. In this case the numbered examples (1-350) would account for only 70% of the print-run. N° de ref. del artículo 1262

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