English Men of Letters Volume III: Bunyan, Spenser, Locke, Wordsworth
by Morley, John (editor)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Martinsville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: John Wurtele Lovell , 1881. Edge and corner worn, scuffed and scratched, corners are bumped and rubbed, shelf worn, tear in the top of the spine with a small portion worn away and a small portion worn from the base as well, ffep is missing and former owner's inscription on the sfep, front hinge is beginning to crack, overall a clean used first edition! Wonderfully well-preserved! Decorative brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 479 unmarked and uncreased historical pages. "'I was of a low and inconsiderable generation, my father's house being of that rank that is meanest and most despised of all families in the land.' 'I never went to school, to Aristotle or Plato, but was brought up in my father's house in a very mean condition, among a company of poor countrymen.' 'Nevertheless, I bless God that by this door He brought me into the world to partake of the grace and life that is by Christ in His Gospel.' This is the account given of himself and his origin by a man whose writings have for two centuries affected the spiritual opinions of the English race in every part of the world more powerfully than any book or books, except the Bible....." ---- from BUNYAN Chaper 1 (Early Life.). First Edition. Decorative Brown Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Conover Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031544
- Title
- English Men of Letters Volume III: Bunyan, Spenser, Locke, Wordsworth
- Author
- Morley, John (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Wurtele Lovell
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1881
- Keywords
- LITERATURE LITERARY WORKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics;
- Size
- 12mo
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- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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- Poor
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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