JOHN GAY'S LONDON: Illustrated From the Poetry of His Time.
by Irving, William Henry
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good in brown paper over boards with a black cloth spine with a paper label.
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Cambridge, MA:: Harvard University Press,, 1928.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in brown paper over boards with a black cloth spine with a paper label.. First printing. A look at John Gay's poem "Trivia" which the author refers to as "the greatest poem on London life in our literature" as well as other literary men of his era, that is, the first half of the 18th century. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Index. xviiim 459 pp. Fold-out map of London at rear.
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- Title
- JOHN GAY'S LONDON: Illustrated From the Poetry of His Time.
- Author
- Irving, William Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in brown paper over boards with a black cloth spine with a paper label.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press,
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA:
- Date Published
- 1928.
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- Literary criticism and theory;
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