A Thousand and One Gems of English Poetry
by Mackay, Charles
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- Condition
- VG- (rear cover is not attached and front is loose, previous owner's name on ffep, pages are otherwise very clean.)
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1867. Leather bound. VG- (rear cover is not attached and front is loose, previous owner's name on ffep, pages are otherwise very clean.). Brown leather boards with gilt tooling, five raised bands on spine with gilt design, black title block with gilt lettering, all edge gilt, marble decorated end pages, iv, 602 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (wood engravings). Frontispiece and plates facing pages: 99, 136, 171, 192, 297, 315, 501. Selected and arranged by Charles Macksy, LL.D., editor of "Gems of English poetry" ; illustrated by J.E. Millais, Sir John Gilbert, A.R.A., and Birket Foster. Printed in double columns, Includes indexes: British poets; American poets: and First Lines.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 178904
- Title
- A Thousand and One Gems of English Poetry
- Author
- Mackay, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used - VG- (rear cover is not attached and front is loose, previous owner's name on ffep, pages are otherwise very clean.)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1867
- Keywords
- Literature Young and Old: Poetry ; Poetry ; ;
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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