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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith
by Goldsmith, Oliver with a memoir by Spalding, William
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Charles Griffin, 1806. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. Type: Book 1st printing. Beautifully fully bound in black Morocco with gilt titles to spine and excellent gilt decoration to spine and both boards. 3 gilt edges. Re-backed with new end papers. A fine book - an ideal gift.
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- Bookseller
- Strawberry Hill Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025925
- Title
- The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith
- Author
- Goldsmith, Oliver with a memoir by Spalding, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Griffin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1806
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Strawberry Hill Books
Biblio member since 2010
Rotherfield, East Sussex
About Strawberry Hill Books
Strawberry Hill Books is a UK based collectable and antiquarian book dealer with an inventory of 10K titles. Specialist areas include Fiction, Topography, History, Art and Exploration. We supply worldwide and all shipments are tracked.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Re-backed
- Describes a book that has had the material covering the spine replaced or joints mended.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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