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THE TRAVELLER, THE DESERTED VILLAGE, AND OTHER POEMS
by Goldsmith, Oliver
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: M'Carty and Davis, 1819. 1st edition. Leather. Good+. 1st edition thus, 1819. A Good+ copy. 16mo., 144 pp., bound in full leather with gilt decorated spine, morocco leather label on spine. Edges, tips and spine worn - through in some places. Gouge in leather on front cover. From The Sondley Reference Library in Asheville, NC with minimal markings: call letters on front cover, bookplate inside front cover, blind stamp on title page, and a small number stamp on copyright page and page 139. Previous owners signature in ink inside front cover and other owners names, etc. to end papers in pencil. Scattered foxing throughout. Binding is solid.
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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30461
- Title
- THE TRAVELLER, THE DESERTED VILLAGE, AND OTHER POEMS
- Author
- Goldsmith, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- M'Carty and Davis
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1819
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About the Seller
Frey Fine Books
Biblio member since 2019
Rougemont, North Carolina
About Frey Fine Books
Antiquarian bookseller, with over 15 years experience.
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- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- 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...
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