The Poetical Works.
by POPE, ALEXANDER:
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
W. Suttaby & B. Crosby, London, 1807. Engraved frontspiece and engraved vignette title. 12mo (5 1/8 x 2 5/8 inches), pages: xxxiii:408. Contemporary full brown calf, sides ruled in gilt, spine gilt with crimson lettering piece. Some rubbing, prelims. foxed. Overall sound.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bristow and Garland (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20627
- Title
- The Poetical Works.
- Author
- POPE, ALEXANDER:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- W. Suttaby & B. Crosby, London, 1807.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Bristow and Garland
Returns accepted within 7 days of receipt if found not as described.
About the Seller
Bristow and Garland
Biblio member since 2005
Shaftesbury, Dorset
About Bristow and Garland
Long established antiquarian & secondhand booksellers and dealers in autographs and manuscripts.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...