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The Poetical Works and Remains of Henry Kirke White, with Life by Robert Southey
by White, Henry Kirke
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine sunned, light rubbing and wear to boards, 1852 gift inscription on front free endpaper.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: George Routledge and Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine sunned, light rubbing and wear to . boards, 1852 gift inscription on front free endpaper.. 1852. Hardcover. Dark brown leather with elaborate gilt border design on front and rear boards, gilt stamped spine and turn-ins. All edges gilt. viii, 456 pp. Illustrations by Birket Foster, engraved by Dalziel Brothers, including frontispiece, title page, and seven other plates. White was a surprisingly prolific and well-regarded English poet and writer who died of consumption at the age of 21. Armorial bookplate (NYC lawyer Edgcumb H. Blatchford) on front pastedown). ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39342
- Title
- The Poetical Works and Remains of Henry Kirke White, with Life by Robert Southey
- Author
- White, Henry Kirke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine sunned, light rubbing and wear to boards, 1852 gift inscription on front free endpaper.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1852
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Henry Kirke White, 19th Century Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Rubbing
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- Title Page
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- 12mo
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- Sunned
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- Spine
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- Bookplate
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
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