The Virginia Wreath: or Original Poems
by WHARTON John
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Charlottesville , Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Winchester: For the author, by J. Foster, 1814. . 12mo in half-sheets, original calf, worn; lacking free endpapers; some dampstaining and foxing to text, latter due to poor quality of the American paper used; two late 19th century bookplates on front pastedown, small paper repair to bottom outer corner of title. Wegelin 1200. The author, a medical doctor, got his degree in Edinburgh, and also studied at Guy's Hospital in London; in the preface his address is given as Stevensville, Culpeper County This volume is dedicated to his father. Pages 97-105 contain a list of subscribers listing three woman.
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- Bookseller
- Franklin Gilliam :: Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3187
- Title
- The Virginia Wreath: or Original Poems
- Author
- WHARTON John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Winchester: For the author, by J. Foster, 1814.
- Pages
- 105
- Keywords
- POETRY
- Bookseller catalogs
- VIRGINIANA;
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About the Seller
Franklin Gilliam :: Rare Books
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Charlottesville , Virginia
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New customers unknown to us, please send check with order. Libraries will be billed in any manner suited to their budgetary requirements.
Shipping, handling and insurance are charged at $7.50 for the first volume; $2.00 for each additional volume.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...