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Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. With Notes
by Various
- Used
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Hexham, Northumberland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
J. Dodsley; London., 1782. `A new edition, corrected, with notes. . Hard. Good+. 12mo. 7".. Pretty engraved vignette repeated to title page of each volume, plus the odd chapter head vignette in occasional volumes.. Good+. Contemporaneous full tree calf. Upper board joints to 4 volumes cracked, lower board joint to 3 volumes are also cracked and occasional slight cracking to the heads and tails of other joints but all boards are held very tight and solid by strong bands. The lettered calf tiles to the spines are all missing. Very pretty gilt tooling to all spines. Slight chipping to head and tails of spines and light rubbing to edges. Corners rubbed. The odd spot of foxing here and there throughout.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ryan OHorne Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018975
- Title
- Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. With Notes
- Author
- Various
- Illustrator
- Pretty engraved vignette repeated to title page of each volume, plus the odd chapter head vignette in occasional volumes.
- Format/Binding
- Hard
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- `A new edition, corrected, with notes.
- Publisher
- J. Dodsley; London.
- Date Published
- 1782
- Size
- 12mo. 7".
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Ryan OHorne Books
Biblio member since 2009
Hexham, Northumberland
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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