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THE COMEDIES, TRAGEDIES, AND OPERAS WRITTEN BY JOHN DRYDEN, ESQ; [VOLUME ONE ONLY]
by Dryden, John
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: printed for Jacob Tonson, at Gray's-Inn-Gate in Gray's-Inn-Lane; Thomas Bennet, at the Half-Moon; and Richard Wellington, at the Lute in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1701. First Folio Edition. Hardcover. Folio, [6], 326, 337-473, 472-480, 483-618, [2] pages; VG; Rebacked with early boards, label preserved. Shelf wear to boards, including rubbing and chipping to edges and corners. Boards show repairs to edges and corners. Spine slightly tanned. Archival repairs to endpapers. Text block lightly worn, with occasional minor chipping to edge and corners of pages. Vol. 1 only. Lacking pp. 327-336; complete in spite of pagination.
JR Consignment; shelved Room G
Oversized item(s). Will require additional postage for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restriction(s). Contact seller for additional information. ESTC T143003; Macdonald, H. Dryden, 107.a.i.; This copy is an example of the smaller of the two variants with titlepages printed in red and black. Height: 35cm; gutter: 2.8cm. First line of imprint ends: "Gray's-Inn-Lane". Also issued as part of: 'The works of the late famous Mr. John Dryden', London, 1701. 1345542. Special Collections.
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- Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1345542
- Title
- THE COMEDIES, TRAGEDIES, AND OPERAS WRITTEN BY JOHN DRYDEN, ESQ; [VOLUME ONE ONLY]
- Author
- Dryden, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Folio Edition
- Publisher
- printed for Jacob Tonson, at Gray's-Inn-Gate in Gray's-Inn-Lane; Thomas Bennet, at the Half-Moon; and Richard Wellington, at the
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1701
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
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