THE CHOICE OF A HUSBAND, A POEM
by Salter, J. [printer]
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About This Item
Oswestry, [Shropshire]: Printed and sold by J. Salter ... [et al], 1788.. 24pp. Quarto (22 x 18 cm, signed as folio). Disbound, with original stabholes visible. A dim but unrepentant copy, with three stamps from a defunct American mercantile library, moderate tanning and soiling, an old tidemark in the lower fore-corners, pencil highlights and general soiling, and a closed tear at the gutter of the terminal leaf. First edition thus. A ten-line preliminary Advertisement indicates the poem was written in 1762 and was never intended for publication. It further claims that it is here printed from a faulty transcription of the original manuscript ("supposed to be destroyed"). The imprint includes co-publishers in London (J. and J. Robinson), Birmingham (Mr. Swinney) and Shrewsbury (Mr. Wood). Salter is credited with 9 publications in ESTC, three of them in Welsh, but this title is not recorded there. However, OCLC locates a single copy, at Cardiff University. OCLC: 896022867.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCLIT88358
- Title
- THE CHOICE OF A HUSBAND, A POEM
- Author
- Salter, J. [printer]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed and sold by J. Salter ... [et al]
- Place of Publication
- Oswestry, [Shropshire]
- Date Published
- 1788.
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We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
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- First Edition
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- Quarto
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