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Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets with Critical Observations on Their Works (In Three Volumes)
by Johnson, Samuel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
London: G. Walker, Etc.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1821. Hardcover. Complete set of three volumes. Original brown leather with gilt decorative border and four bands on spine. Spine joints repaired and held together with clear tape on Volumes I and III. Volume I has a two inch spine piece missing and the rear board is completely detached. All spine ends are worn down to the headband. Signatures still tight. Soiling of covers and heavy rubbing and bumping of board corners and edges. Marbled edges and endpapers with bookplates of the same owner in all three volumes. Foxing throughout, heaviest on endpapers. Thinker, lexicographer, and prolific author Samuel Johnson's observations on the English poets. ; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009050
- Title
- Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets with Critical Observations on Their Works (In Three Volumes)
- Author
- Johnson, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- G. Walker, Etc.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1821
- Keywords
- English Poetry
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Back of Beyond Books
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Moab, Utah
About Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
Glossary
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- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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