A Collection of Poems
by Hope, James Barron
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Richmond, VA: A. Morris. Good+. 1859. First Edition. Original cloth. First edition in Good+ condition in original decorated cloth with mended front joint, chipped upper and lower spine, bookseller's foil stamp on first leaf verso, lightly foxed throughout, and gift inscriptions to front flyleaf. [i-viii] ix [x] xi-xii, [2], [15] 16-139 [140], [4] pages; Contains a poem on the 250th anniversary of the settlement of Jamestown; the graduation poem for class of 1858, William and Mary; a poem on Cuba; 12 others, miscellany. Virginia State Catalog 8752. Scarce; 12mo; GinsID1937; A COLLECTION OF POEMS... Richmond, Va, Morris, 1859. 139pp. Original decorated 12 mo cloth, front joint worn, chipped at top of sine. First edition. Contains a poem on the 250th anniversary of the settlement of Jamestown; graduation poem for class of 1858 at William and Mary, and 13 misc. poems, one of which is on Cuba. Virginia State Catalog 8752; OP:150 .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50216
- Title
- A Collection of Poems
- Author
- Hope, James Barron
- Format/Binding
- Original cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A. Morris
- Place of Publication
- Richmond, VA
- Date Published
- 1859
- Keywords
- Virginiana Jamestown, College Of William And Mary, Poetry Poems, Collectible OP Rare, Ginsb CSM
- Bookseller catalogs
- By Year Of Issue / 1850s;
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