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The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality; To which is added, a Paraphrase on part of the Book of Job
by Young, Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: A. Millar, and R. and J. Dodsley, 1758. Hardcover. Good +. "A New Edition, Corrected by the Author." iii, 315, [1] p.; 17 cm. Contemporary full polished calf with six spine compartments between raised bands and double gilt rules. Double gilt-ruled border on each board. All page edges speckled red. "Notes": p. [309]-315. Publisher's advertisements for A. Millar on one page following text. Lacking frontispiece. Small printed bookplate on front fixed endpaper of Samuel Eakin, dated 1763. Most of another small printed bookplate, dated 1793, has been removed. Former owners' names on front fixed endpaper largely erased. Former owner's name in pencil at head of p. [1]: "S.P. Shinn, 1860." Lacking frontispiece; otherwise, in Good+ Condition: edges rubbed; joints starting but solid, with minor loss at head of front joint; small hole in leather on front board; lacking both free endpapers and lower corner of last leaf, with minor loss from publisher's advertisement; foxing; former ownership marks, as noted; otherwise, clean and tight.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003912
- Title
- The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality; To which is added, a Paraphrase on part of the Book of Job
- Author
- Young, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- A. Millar, and R. and J. Dodsley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1758
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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- 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...
- Bookplate
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Raised Band(s)
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- Spine
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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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- New
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- 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...
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