The Works of William Cowper: His Life, and Letters - Vol. II
by William Cowper, William Hayley
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
William Tegg and Co, 1847. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1847. No Edition Stated. 48 pages. Brown leather cloth with gilt titles and decoration to front and spine. Volume II. Black spine labels. Gilt tooled outer board edges. Marbled endpapers and block edges. Life by William Hayley. Edited by T S Grmshawe . Illustrated frontispiece. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Heavy water staining to frontis and pre title page. Slight staining to upper margins. Boards have some edge wear, with moderate bumping and fraying to corners. Spine ends extremely crushed with heavy splits to joints. Rather scratched, rubbed and marked overall. Water staining front and rear. Torn spine labels. Gilt is bright.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1630009380DPB
- Title
- The Works of William Cowper: His Life, and Letters - Vol. II
- Author
- William Cowper, William Hayley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Tegg and Co
- Date Published
- 1847
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- Acceptable
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- Title Page
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- Edges
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- 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...
- Spine
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- Cloth
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