The Poetry and Poets of Britain, from Chaucer to Tennyson, with Biographical Sketches, and a Rapid View of the Characteristic Attributes of Each and an introductory essay on the Origin and Progress of English Poetical Literature
by Scrymgeour, Daniel
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
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Oswestry, Shropshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black. Hardcover Publisher: Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1850 Used - Decorated leather spine with five raised bands. Decorative brown boards with stamped and gilt designs, gilt lettering; frontis portrait of Sir Walter Scott. Binding is tight with wear and fading to the boards. Approx half of title title label missing to spiine. Extremely attractive and ornately executed signature in pen to prelim of "R D Blackmore" Bristol Grammar School stamp indented to front. . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1850.
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- Bookseller
- Oswestry Market Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003230
- Title
- The Poetry and Poets of Britain, from Chaucer to Tennyson, with Biographical Sketches, and a Rapid View of the Characteristic Attributes of Each and an introductory essay on the Origin and Progress of English Poetical Literature
- Author
- Scrymgeour, Daniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1850
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Bristol Grammar School .Signatures
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- Spine
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- Tight
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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...