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The Minstrel or, The Progress of Genius, and other Poems
by James Beattie
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Harleston, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Sharpe, 1823. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. 232 12mo. With engravings from the designs of Richard Westall. 'The Minstrel' was Beattie's most successful poem, praised by Samuel Johnson. Condition notes: Re-backed (not recently), with original blind-stamped calf, gilt decoration, relaid and with new spine strip. The calf is chipped and rubbed. A sound, clean copy overall, but with a little foxing and occasional staining. Some but not all tissue guards to engravings intact.
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- Bookseller
- Duck Cottage Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1092
- Title
- The Minstrel or, The Progress of Genius, and other Poems
- Author
- James Beattie
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Sharpe
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1823
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Size
- 232 12mo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Duck Cottage Books
Biblio member since 2010
Harleston, Norfolk
About Duck Cottage Books
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Glossary
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Re-backed
- Describes a book that has had the material covering the spine replaced or joints mended.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
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