Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis. Good. N.D.. Hardcover. Landscape Edition with decorated color boarders on each page. Decorative cloth covers with an embossed image of an angel with a harp in the center of the front cover. Cover edges rubbed with wear along the external hinges and fraying spine ends. Gilt block edge is a bit scuffed. The rear internal paper hinge is cracked, the binding is otherwise sound. Several ownership and gift marks at end pages and on title page verso with the earliest date being 1881. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 516 pages .

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Bookseller: Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 8387
Title: The Poetical Works of William Cowper
Author: Cowper, William
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Publisher: Gall & Inglis
Place of Publication: Edinburgh
Date Published: N.D.

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Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
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...
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...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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....