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British Poets - The Poetical Works of William Cowper, 3 volumes in 2
by William Cowper
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No DJ
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Riverside Edition. Three volumes in two. Good+ HCs, no DJs. Dark maroon cloth over boards with gilt stamped titles; top edge gilt; light brown end papers; tissue-guarded frontispiece (1st vol only); ribbon markers. Clean, lightly scuffed, square covers and spines; 1st volume has 2 short, light scrape marks at mid front cover near spine; slightly faded on spines - titles clear; very slightly faded along cover edges; tightly bound; ribbon markers present but somewhat fragile and frayed at ends; very clean interiors with slight age darkening along page edges; some leaves unopened at fore edges - never been read; leaves remain supple. Includes bio of author by Harris Nicolas (98 pp). 12mos, 1112 total pp (paged 465, 549 pp plus bio).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6486
- Title
- British Poets - The Poetical Works of William Cowper, 3 volumes in 2
- Author
- William Cowper
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton, Osgood and Company. Boston
- Date Published
- 1878
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHIES - GENERAL LITERATURE BRITAIN POETRY COWPER General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
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