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A History of Eighteenth Century Literature (1660-1780)
by Gosse, Edmund
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co.. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. 3/8" chip to cloth in front joint. Edges and corners of boards rubbed. Gutter split at rear hinge. Marginalia on rear endpaper. ; viii, [2], 415, [1] pages + [4] pages advertisements. Blue-green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 189 x 124mm. Edmund Gosse was Clark Lecturer in English Literature at Trinity College, Cambridge. Contents: Poetry after the Restoration; Drama after the Restoration; Prose after the Restoration, Pope, Swift and the Deists; Defoe and the Essayists; The Dawn of Naturalism in Poetry; The Novelists; Johnson and the Philosophers; The Poets of the Decadence; The Prose of the Decadence; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18993
- Title
- A History of Eighteenth Century Literature (1660-1780)
- Author
- Gosse, Edmund
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1889
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Gilt
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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