Epistles, Odes, and Other Poems
by Moore, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good; Homemade but rather effective repairs to front hinge with leather strips and paper, waterstain, bookplate remnants, and i
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: John Watts. Good; Homemade but rather effective repairs to front hinge with leather . strips and paper, waterstain, bookplate remnants, and initials DS on . front pastedown, light foxing throughout, penciled page numbers at top of . first and last several leaves.. 1806. First American Edition. Hardcover. Original brown marbled calf. Lettering piece and gilt designs to spine largely perished. xii, 306 pp + [1] page of publishers advertisements. An early poetry collection by the Irish writer containing some of his impressions from travels in America and the Caribbean. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38457
- Title
- Epistles, Odes, and Other Poems
- Author
- Moore, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good; Homemade but rather effective repairs to front hinge with leather strips and paper, waterstain, bookplate remnants, and i
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- John Watts
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1806
- Keywords
- Thomas Moore
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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