Gayton Wake, or Mary Dod; and Her List of Merits
by Llwyd, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair +
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chester, England: J. Fletcher, 1804. Hardcover. Fair +. Printed by J. Fletcher; and sold in London by E. Williams, Bookseller of Wales. xxiii, [i], 62, [2] p.; 17 cm. Original brown paper spine and grey paper over boards. Wood-engraved head pieces and tail pieces. First edition. The author, Richard Llwyd (1752-1835), was a Welsh poet known as the "Bard of Snowdon." In Fair+ Condition: paper over spine is lacking; covers are soiled and faintly dampstained; tail of spine and lower corners of boards and pages have rodent damage, without affecting text; pages are clean and bright. An extremely scarce work.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000591
- Title
- Gayton Wake, or Mary Dod; and Her List of Merits
- Author
- Llwyd, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. Fletcher
- Place of Publication
- Chester, England
- Date Published
- 1804
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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Classic Books and Ephemera
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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Glossary
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Fair+
- Used to describe a book in slightly better than Fair condition. Fair describes "a worn book that has complete text pages...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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