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POEMS, PLAYS AND ESSAYS With A Critical Dissertation On His Poetry By John Aikin, M. D
by GOLDSMITH, OLIVER
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
U.S.A: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, 1882. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Type: Hardback 1882 Hardcover Book in Good Condition, in leather bibnding with tooling. Introductory Essay by Henry T.Tuckerman, Esq. No publication dated stated. c 1882. Full leather with tooled floral design on opposing corners of the front and a gilt debossed branch and 'Goldsmith' in the center, gilt debossed titles on spine. All edges gilt. Rounded corners. Spine head/heel partially rubbed through the surface of the leather. Inner hinge cracked. Binding tight. Backstrap tight. Headbands very tight and compact. Endpapers green floral design. Tissue protected frontispiece-"The Haunch of Venison-Goldsmith". Other delightful illustrations. Each page outlined with red border. Pages toned and clean, Foxing on some pages. A handsome and rare volume- well-preserved, clean, tight, solid. Oliver Goldsmith (1731-1774) Irish born English Poet, Playwright, and Novelist. 530 pages. 5 x 7.4 inches. c. 1882, Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., USA
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- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006519
- Title
- POEMS, PLAYS AND ESSAYS With A Critical Dissertation On His Poetry By John Aikin, M. D
- Author
- GOLDSMITH, OLIVER
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell & Co
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1882
- Size
- 12mo - over 6?" - 7?"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 18TH CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE; POETRY; POETS; GOLDSMITH, OLIVER (1731-1774); POETS, ENGLISH; PLAYWRIGHTS; NOVELISTS; PLAYS;
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- Fiction. Classics;
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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,...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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