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Cabinet Edition of the British Poets. (Vol. IV only)
by [British Poets: Dryden, Lyttleton, Hammond, Charlotte Smith, Richardson, Bloomfield, Gifford, & Canning]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Henry G. Bohn. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-libris Hardwicke Knight, with his bookplate on the front endpaper. Some foxing and dust stains. Some staining to boards.; Volume Four only of four volumes. Engraved frontispiece and title page. Individual pagination for each author. Blindstamped green cloth boards. Page dimensions: 183 x 115mm. Text printed in a very small eye-straining font in double columns. This volume containing poetry by the following authors: Dryden, Lyttleton, Hammond, Charlotte Smith, Richardson, Bloomfield, Gifford, & Canning. [Seller ref: Knightcol]; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15699
- Title
- Cabinet Edition of the British Poets. (Vol. IV only)
- Author
- [British Poets: Dryden, Lyttleton, Hammond, Charlotte Smith, Richardson, Bloomfield, Gifford, & Canning]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Henry G. Bohn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1851
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Cloth
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- Good+
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- G
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- Jacket
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