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The Poetical Works of James Montgomery of Sheffield
by James Montgomery and Editor
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
With a Memoir which ends with a reference to his funeral. Six Engravings on Steel. First edition. Undated but published posthumously (c.1860). Black full leather, ornately blind stamped with gilt title block and design to front board. Raised bands to spine with ornate gilt design and title block. Full gilt-edged. Frontispiece and title page illustrations. Text block pages edged with red line design. 456pp. CONDITION: spine leather faded to brown but gilt bright. Corners and edges rubbed. Paper tape repair to front gutter. Foxing and some oily discolouration marks to prelims. Foxing to memoire pages and light foxing to the rest of the text block. Good, solid, handsome book.
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- Bookseller
- The Real Book Shop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20774
- Title
- The Poetical Works of James Montgomery of Sheffield
- Author
- James Montgomery and Editor
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gall & Inglis
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- c. 1860
- Pages
- 456
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian and Collectable; Poetry;
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- Gutter
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- Gilt
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- Raised Band(s)
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- First Edition
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- Title Page
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