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Paradise Lost & Paradise Regained. “A Poem In Twelve Books (and Other Poems).” In Two Volumes.
by MILTON, JOHN:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Jones and Company, 1823. Two Volumes. Miniature (Pocket) 3.75 x 2.25 inches. In dark brown full calf leather fine bindings, decorative embossed boards with gilt harp details, gilt decorations to spines with gilt lettering to dark green leather spine labels. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good condition. Some rubbing to edge of boards, corners slightly bumped. Some darkening and moderate foxing to engraved titles and frontis plates. One or two minor handling marks and minor foxing spots else inside pages all very clean and tight. xii + 268 & xvii + 201pp. Each illustrated with a decorative engraved title page (with vignette) and frontis plate. Portrait of Bunyan in Vol.1.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94409
- Title
- Paradise Lost & Paradise Regained. “A Poem In Twelve Books (and Other Poems).” In Two Volumes.
- Author
- MILTON, JOHN:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Jones and Company, 1823
- Keywords
- ENGLISH LITERATURE MILTON, JOHN: Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, A Poem In Twelve Books, In Two Volumes, Jones and Company, 1823, leather, fine binding, miniature, pocket
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Miniature
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- Title Page
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- Gilt
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- Plate
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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- Calf
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