THE LIFE OF ALEXANDER POPE, ESQ., bound with THE WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE, ESQ.
by Ruffhead, Owen and William Roscoe [Alexander Pope]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Collectible-Very Good/No Dust Jacket, as Issued
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: C. Bathurst, et al., John Hearne, 1769. (10), 578 pages and xxiii, 195 pages. Two books bound together in tan buckram in 1907. Both first editions--the Ruffhead book published in 1769; the Roscoe book published in 1825. SIGNED on the front endpaper by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1831-1917), the Concord, Massachusetts author and educator who was a prominent supporter of the abolitioniat John Brown. Also signed on the first title page by Stephen James Wilson Tabor, the Iowa Republican and abolitionaist whom Lincoln appointed Fourth Auditor of the United States Treasury. The book is tightly bound, internally clean with moderate soiling/staining on cover; a faint damp stain at spine, light edgewear; occasional spots of faint foxing; pages very lightly tanned. There is minor pencil underlining of the Roscoe book. . SIGNED. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
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- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W1335
- Title
- THE LIFE OF ALEXANDER POPE, ESQ., bound with THE WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE, ESQ.
- Author
- Ruffhead, Owen and William Roscoe [Alexander Pope]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible-Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket, as Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- C. Bathurst, et al., John Hearne
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1769
- Keywords
- Alexander Pope, Poetry, Association Copy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Autographs and Signed Books;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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Williamsburg, Virginia
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- Buckram
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