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The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler : Aldine Edition of the British Poets [complete in 2 volumes]
by Butler, Samuel; introduction by Rev. John Mitford
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Very Good condition
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About This Item
London: William Pickering, 1835. 2 volumes, complete. Very Good condition. See photos. Hinges/joints are perfectly sound. NO owner's name or bookplate. All text is creamy white, clean, crisp and unmarked. First Aldine British Poet Edition. Printed 1835 by Charles Whittingham. 4.25" wide by 6.5" tall. Includes LIFE OF SAMUEL BUTLER (pp. vii-xxxii); Notes and Appendix (pp. xxxiii-l) by the Rev. John Mitford. Tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Butler. Both title pages are imprinted with Pickering's dolphin and anchor device (Keynes device no. iv). Uniformly bound in contemporary full calf, gilt-decorated with raised bands on the spine. Blind-stamped spine lettering. Beautiful marbled endpapers with matching marbled text block edges. The front endpaper of each volume has the tiny ticket of Hugh Hopkins, Bookseller, 50 Glassford Street, Glasgow [Scotland]. Keynes, p. 48, with asterisk designating "special merit" (in WILLIAM PICKERING PUBLISHER, A MEMOIR AND CHECKLIST OF HIS PUBLICATIONS, revised ed).. First William Pickering edition. Hardcover (full calf). Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 2 vols: l, 275pp. + vi, 298pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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- Title
- The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler : Aldine Edition of the British Poets [complete in 2 volumes]
- Author
- Butler, Samuel; introduction by Rev. John Mitford
- Illustrator
- NOT a library discard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good condition
- Edition
- First William Pickering edition
- Publisher
- William Pickering
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1835
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry / Poets;
- Size
- 2 vols: l, 275pp. + vi, 298pp
- Volumes
- 2 vols: l, 275pp. + vi, 298pp
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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