The Course of Time
by Pollok, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Lippincott. Hardcover. Published Philadelphia: Lippincott, no date (1880's). Brick red cloth with gilt cover design and lettering, elaborate gilt spine design. 286 pages plus plates. Text framed within red borders. Two small period newspaper clippings glued to front pastedown. Light wear at the heel and crown, but a very attractive, very good plus copy.. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo.
Synopsis
The Course of Time is a ten-book poem in blank verse, first published in 1827. It was the last published and most famous work of Scottish poet Robert Pollok. The first edition of the poem sold 12,000 copies, and by its fourth edition it had sold 78,000 copies and become well known even in North America. Pollok himself died in September 1827, only a few months after the poem was published.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001507
- Title
- The Course of Time
- Author
- Pollok, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Keywords
- POETRY POEMS 1800'S
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Wild Muse
Biblio member since 2005
Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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