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British Poets - The Poetical Works of John Gay
by John Gay
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No DJ
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Riverside Edition. Two volumes in one. Very Good HC, no DJ. Dark maroon cloth over boards with gilt stamped titles; top edge gilt; light brown end papers; tissue-guarded frontispiece. Clean, square covers and spine; very slightly rubbed at spine ends; tightly bound; very clean interior; slight age darkening at page edges - leaves remain supple. Includes short bio by Dr. Johnson (23 pp). 12mo, 587 pp (paged 260 + 304).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6485
- Title
- British Poets - The Poetical Works of John Gay
- Author
- John Gay
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company
- Date Published
- 1879
- Keywords
- LITERATURE, BRITAIN, POETRY, GAY, POETS, VERSE, POEMS, POETRY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- Leaves
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- 12mo
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
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