Table Talk and Other Poems
by William Cowper
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : The Religious Tract Society, c1817. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. A beautiful edition of William Cowper's wonderful poems, with notes by Robert Southey. Featuring a portrait vignette frontispiece, a vignette of Cowper's mother, and numerous illustrations in the text by various 'eminent artists'. Including Table Talk, The Progress of Error, Truth, Expostulation, Hope, Charity, Conversation, Retirement, and some further minor poems. With a bookbinder's stamp of Westley's and Co, London, to the rear pastedown. In a decorative imitation leather cloth binding. Externally, some shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Generally bright and clean with foxing to the first and last few pages and just the occasional spot. There is a copperplate ink inscription to the front free-endpaper. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GEN17-C-24
- Title
- Table Talk and Other Poems
- Author
- William Cowper
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Religious Tract Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- c1817
- Size
- 7.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Poetry Cowper Southey Vignette Cowper
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...