Course of Time, The: A Poem with a memoir of the author, index, &c.
by Pollok, Robert
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- good+ /NO
- Seller
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
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Synopsis
The Course of Time is a ten-book poem in blank verse, first published in 1827. It was the last published and most famous work of Scottish poet Robert Pollok. The first edition of the poem sold 12,000 copies, and by its fourth edition it had sold 78,000 copies and become well known even in North America. Pollok himself died in September 1827, only a few months after the poem was published.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Library Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 158607
- Title
- Course of Time, The: A Poem with a memoir of the author, index, &c.
- Author
- Pollok, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - good+
- Jacket Condition
- NO
- Publisher
- Sanborn & Carter
- Place of Publication
- Portland
- Date Published
- 1847
- Keywords
- Biographical
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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