Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets, Together with Some Few of Later Date (3 VOLUMES)
by Percy, Thomas (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Decatur, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia PA: James E. Moore. Good+. 1823. First American Edition; First Printing. Three-Quarter Leather. 1st American edition taken from the 5th British edition. Brown leather over marbled paper covered boards. Spine titles in gilt are faded to nearly illegible. Vol 1 is missing about 1/2" square at spine top while Vol 2 is missing about 1/4" at spine head and 1/2" at bottom. The missing leather is backed by a dark material and is not obvious on casual inspection. Endpapers and title page have moderate foxing while the text portion has on light occasional foxing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Novel Ideas Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 980381
- Title
- Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets, Together with Some Few of Later Date (3 VOLUMES)
- Author
- Percy, Thomas (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Three-Quarter Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First American Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James E. Moore
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia PA
- Date Published
- 1823
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Marbled Paper
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.