Business. By a Merchant

NA. Business. By a Merchant. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1873. First edition. Ex-library. 8vo. xi,307pp. Rare 1870’s guide to business by anonymous author. Includes many in-text quotes related to the subject from works by Shakespeare, Tennyson, Keats, Plato, Coleridge, Shelley and many others. Some pages unopened, as issued. Heavy staining and age wear on binding. Top third of backstrip missing. Bottom corners bumped. Three-inch closed tear on page 97. Stamp of Hebrew Union College, California School on inside of front and rear board and on page 99. Small stamp of previous owner on half-title page. Some creasing and staining near top edge from pages 13-25. Hinges starting. Binding in poor, interior in overall good+ condition. Scarce. fair. Hardcover. (26084) $45