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The Farmer's Boy (A Rural Poem)
by Robert Bloomfield
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$37.83NZ$28.37
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About This Item
The Farmer's Boy (A Rural Poem) by Robert Bloomfield, Illustrated with Thirty Engravings, From Drawings by Birket Foster, Harrison Weir and G. E. Hicks.
Hardback, 1858, published by Sampson, Low & Co., London, 68 pages + iv.
Small octavo/8vo. Measures around 7 7/8" by 5 3/8" by 5/8". Burgundy cloth binding, gilt crest and lettering with gilt and black detail to front board, gilt detail and lettering to spine. Some discolouration and fading to detail on spine, some discolouration to spine. Scuffing and marking, signs of shelf-wear, bumped and torn corners, some torn edges to boards and spine, small tear to front outer hinge of spine. Binding reasonably firm, though some strain to inner hinges. Page edges all gilt, quite clean and vivid although a little scuffed. Some foxing and a little other marking to page surfaces, but no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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Details
- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-269
- Title
- The Farmer's Boy (A Rural Poem)
- Author
- Robert Bloomfield
- Illustrator
- Birket Foster, Harrison Weir, G. E. Hicks
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson Low & Co., Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1858
- Pages
- 1858
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Poetry
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
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- Spine
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- G
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Gilt
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- Marginalia
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- 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...
- Cloth
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