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Specimens of the British Poets
by Thomas Campbell
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1819 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5". None. The first edition of this complete set of Thomas Campbell's collection of British poetry. First edition of Specimens of the British Poets by Thomas Campbell in half calf bindings and marbled boards. With biographical and critical notices and an essay on English poetry. Volume I contains an essay on English poetry from Campbell. The remaining volumes contain biographical and critical notes of the most prominent British poets, with examples of their works, chronologically arranged from 1400 to 1805. Volume II covers Chaucer, 1400, to Beaumont, 1628. Volume III Drayton, 1631, to Phillips, 1664. Volume IV Shirley, 1666, to Prior, 1721. Volume V Sewell, 1726, to Carey, 1763. Volume VI Churchill, 1764, to Johnson, 1784. Volume VII Whitehead, 1785, to Anstey, 1805.Thomas Campbell was a Scottish poet and founder of the Clarence Club. With prior owner's book plates to the first pastedown, front free endpaper, and verso of the front free endpaper. From the libraries of Robert Washington Oates, William Edward Oates, and Edward Oates. Also with the book plate of Charles George Young, an English officer of arms, to the first pastedown of Volume I, and a letter pasted to the first free endpaper from 1837. In half calf bindings and marbled boards. Externally, smart. There is some rubbing to the heads and tails of the spines and to the extremities and the joints are starting to crack. With prior owner's book plates to the first pastedown, front free endpaper, and verso of the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with a few occasional spots. Very Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 855W76
- Title
- Specimens of the British Poets
- Author
- Thomas Campbell
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1819
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- Thomas Campbell British poets Literary Criticism Literary Collections British poets
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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