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The Mistress With Other Select Poems of Abraham Cowley 1618-1667. Ed by John Sparrow
by John Sparrow
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Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Sparrow, John,. The Mistress With Other Select Poems of Abraham Cowley 1618-1667. The Nonesuch Press, 1926. 8vo, 1st edition. Limited edition of 1050 of which this is number 50. Cream cloth binding with red label to spine with gilt titles; spine sunned. All edges uncut, dutch rag paper in Monotype Bodoni Half title, Title page with portrait vignette of Cowley, table of contents v-vii verso blank, introduction ix-xx, pp213, edition statement [I]. A few small light fox marks to a few pages, both free end papers darkened, otherwise all pages bright and clean.
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- Roz Hulse
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- The Mistress With Other Select Poems of Abraham Cowley 1618-1667. Ed by John Sparrow
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- John Sparrow
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- Used
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- Hardcover
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Roz Hulse
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Plymouth, Devon
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