The Poetical Works of John Gay
by Gay, John
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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HARWICH PORT, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: Bimmer & Co., 1804. Book. Fair. Full-Leather. Cooke's Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Cooke's Edition. No date. 16mo. Full-leather. Embellished with superb engravings. Two engravings and frontispiece dated 1804. With The Life of the Author by Dr. Johnson. Two volumes. Publisher's catalog. These volumes form "part of Cooke's Pocket Edition of the original and complete works of select British poets or entertaining poetical library, containing the most esteemed poetic productions." Gay, born in Barnstaple, England, was an English poet and dramatist best known for his "Beggar's Opera." These beautiful little volumes have gilt embellishments and red and black spine bands. Volume 1 has two engravings in addition to a frontispiece portrait of the author. Front and rear boards cleanly detached but present on both volumes. Rubbing and wear to leather and ghosts of tape marks. Interiors clean and tight. Fair..
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- Bookseller
- Respectful Exits (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LL-b841-06
- Title
- The Poetical Works of John Gay
- Author
- Gay, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- Cooke's Edition
- Publisher
- Bimmer & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1804
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Keywords
- ENGLISH POETRY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....