The Farmer's Boy (A Rural Poem)
by Robert Bloomfield
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good-/No jacket
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Farmer's Boy (A Rural Poem) by Robert Bloomfield, Illustrated with Thirty Engravings, From Drawings by Birket Foster, Harrison Weir and G. E. Hicks. Hardback, 1858, published by Sampson, Low & Co., London, 68 pages + iv.
Small octavo/8vo. Measures around 7 7/8" by 5 3/8" by 5/8". Burgundy cloth binding, gilt crest and lettering with gilt and black detail to front board, gilt detail and lettering to spine. Some discolouration and fading to detail on spine, some discolouration to spine. Scuffing and marking, signs of shelf-wear, bumped and torn corners, some torn edges to boards and spine, small tear to front outer hinge of spine. Binding reasonably firm, though some strain to inner hinges. Page edges all gilt, quite clean and vivid although a little scuffed. Some foxing and a little other marking to page surfaces, but no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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- Title
- The Farmer's Boy (A Rural Poem)
- Author
- Robert Bloomfield
- Illustrator
- Birket Foster, Harrison Weir, G. E. Hicks
- Format/Binding
- Hardback, cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson, Low & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1858
- Pages
- iv + 68
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Poetry
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