Thomas Chatterton, the Marvelous Boy: The Story of a Strange Life 1752-1770
by Russell, Charles Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, corners rounded, front hinge cracked, owner name inked out on front pastedown endpaper.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Moffat, Yard & Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, corners rounded, front hinge . cracked, owner name inked out on front pastedown endpaper.. 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth binding with gilt stamping on front boards and spine. Top edges gilt. Index, illustrations. Deckle edges. A biography of the young English poet who died at the age of 17 from self-medication with arsenic. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 289 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27104
- Title
- Thomas Chatterton, the Marvelous Boy: The Story of a Strange Life 1752-1770
- Author
- Russell, Charles Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, corners rounded, front hinge cracked, owner name inked out on front pastedown endpaper.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Moffat, Yard & Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- Thomas Chatterton, English Poets
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary Biography;
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Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Edges
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- Cracked
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