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The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell
by Campbell, Thomas [Fore-Edge Painting]
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- first
- Condition
- Very good
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About This Item
London: Edward Moxon, 1837. First Edition. Full leather. Very good. Featuring a landscape fore-edge painting, the first edition of The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell, published in 1837.. Octavo, ix, [3], 306pp. Full maroon morocco, gilt designs stamped on covers. Title in gilt on spine with gilt-embellished compartments. All edges gilt with gilt turn-ins. No additional printings listed. Solid text block, rubbed corners and edges. Previous ownership inscriptions to front endpapers. Fore-edge painting depicts a mountain landscape with a small sound in the foreground. There are cattle along the shore and a few people in the water. There is a small man on horseback on the right side of the painting. A vibrant, detailed example.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14741
- Title
- The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell
- Author
- Campbell, Thomas [Fore-Edge Painting]
- Illustrator
- Featuring a landscape fore-edge painting, the first edition of The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell, published in 1837.
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Edward Moxon
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1837
- Keywords
- Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, The Pleasures of Hope, Thomas Campbell poetry, Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell, Essay on English Poetry, fore-edge painting, fore edge painting book
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- 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...
- First Edition
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- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
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