POEMS BY THE LATE WILLIAM COWPER, ESQ, OF THE INNER TEMPLE
by Cowper, William
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket, as issued
- Seller
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UPLAND, California, United States
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About This Item
Whittingham, 1818. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket, as issued. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. POEMS BY THE LATE WILLIAM COWPER, ESQ, OF THE INNER TEMPLE published in 1818. Volumes I and II. Size 4 7/8" Free front endpaper bears former owner's inscription dated 1897, and gift inscription dated 1823. Half green calf over marbled boards. All edges marbled. Hinges are sound. Textblock is tight. Occasional light foxing. Corners rubbed and worn. Spine heads rubbed. Volume II back cover edge is dented. Small open tear at top corner in Volume II pages 13-16. No markings internally, just those on front endpapers. Overall condition very good.
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- Bookseller
- Cedar Tree Antiques (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 115333
- Title
- POEMS BY THE LATE WILLIAM COWPER, ESQ, OF THE INNER TEMPLE
- Author
- Cowper, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Whittingham
- Date Published
- 1818
- Size
- 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh", Inspirational & Religious
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- 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....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Marbled boards
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- Jacket
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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...