The Odyssey of Homer to Which Has Been Added The Battle of the Frogs and Mice
by Alexander Pope (ed.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- G to Vg
- Seller
-
Colombies, France
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: RIvington, Nunn, Cadel, and Others, 1818. Quarter Leather . G to Vg. Recently rebound in quarter light tan calf and marble paper, pale yellow endpapers,frontis, vignette on title page, marbled page edges, 390pp. postscript added by Pope p.391-p.410. The book also contains "The Battle of the Frogs and Mice" by Archdeacon Parnell (proof corrected by Pope), p. 411- p. 426 + 4 pp. advertisements. Condition of the binding is "new", condition of the text is generally vg but the condition of the frontis and title page are only, good.
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- Bookseller
- Northgate Books
(FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4377
- Title
- The Odyssey of Homer to Which Has Been Added The Battle of the Frogs and Mice
- Author
- Alexander Pope (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Quarter Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - G to Vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- RIvington, Nunn, Cadel, and Others
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1818
- Keywords
- DECORATIVE BINDING
Terms of Sale
Northgate Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Northgate Books
Biblio member since 2018
Colombies
About Northgate Books
French and English secondhand and antiquarian books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
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