The Beggar Boy: A Novel in Three Volumes. By the Late Mr. Thomas Bellamy
by BELLAMY, THOMAS & MRS. VILLA-REAL GOOCH
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- Condition
- Binding rubbed and worn; label chipped; moderately foxed and stained; conrer of one leaf torn, with loss to about seven lines of
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Alexandria: Printed by Cottom and Stewart, Booksellers, 1802, 1802. First American edition. American Bibliography 1860; cf. Garside & Schöwerling 1801:15 for the English edition. Binding rubbed and worn; label chipped; moderately foxed and stained; conrer of one leaf torn, with loss to about seven lines of text, but not the sense; a good copy.. 3 vols in 1, as issued, 12mo, contemporary sheep, red morocco label, gilt rules and lettering. Separate title-pages for volumes 2 & 3, but the pagination is continous. The first American edition of the only novel by Thomas Bellamy, the picaresque tale of a young boy, Alfred, who is abandoned by his mother and lives through numerous "calamitous vicissitudes," but in the end is saved by a generous family. The Beggar Boy was left unfinished at Bellamy's death, and his friend the novelist Elizabeth Sarah Villa-Real Gooch completed the work, as noted by her in the preface.
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- Bookseller
- The Brick Row Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27515
- Title
- The Beggar Boy: A Novel in Three Volumes. By the Late Mr. Thomas Bellamy
- Author
- BELLAMY, THOMAS & MRS. VILLA-REAL GOOCH
- Format/Binding
- American Bibliography 1860; cf. Garside & Schöwerling 1801:15 for the English edition
- Book Condition
- Used - Binding rubbed and worn; label chipped; moderately foxed and stained; conrer of one leaf torn, with loss to about seven lines of
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- Alexandria: Printed by Cottom and Stewart, Booksellers, 1802
- Date Published
- 1802
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Glossary
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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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...