Geraldine, Athenia of Damascus, and Miscellaneous Poems by Rufus Dawes
by Dawes, Rufus
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Samuel Colman, 1839. Hardcover. Good. "Sold by Collins, Keese & Co. Pearl-Street, and Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. Philadelphia." [5], 16-343, [1], 10 p., engraved frontispiece and added engraved title page; 19 cm. Dark green ribbon-grain cloth with gilt-stamped spine title: Library of American Poets. Gilt-stamped decoration on spine and both boards. Yellow endpapers. Frontispiece portrait of the author signed: John Cranch pinxt, and J.F.E. Prudhomme sc. Added engraved title page with title: Poems by Rufus Dawes. The title vignette was drawn and engraved by the same artists. The volume is dedicated to the artist John Cranch (his brother-in-law). Final 10 pages contain publisher's catalog. Embossed circular stamp on front fixed endpaper of binder: Elles & Middlebrook, New York. This volume was the first in the publisher's series Library of American Poets. Rufus Dawes (1803-1859) was an American poet; he studied law with Judge William Cranch, whose daughter Bertha he later married. In Good Condition: cloth is soiled and rubbed; cloth over front joint is splitting; endpapers are discolored; front hinge weak; foxing throughout; otherwise, clean.
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- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005115
- Title
- Geraldine, Athenia of Damascus, and Miscellaneous Poems by Rufus Dawes
- Author
- Dawes, Rufus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Samuel Colman
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1839
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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