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The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell. With Notes and a Biographical Sketch By the Rev. W. A. Hill. Illustrated By Thirty-seven Woodcuts from Designs By Harvey
by Campbell, Thomas; Hill, Rev. W. A.; Harvey
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Broadway, Ludgate: George Routledge and Sons. New Edition . Full Leather. Very Good Minus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Harvey. Full red morocco with five raised bands to spine, 'Campbell's Poems' in gilt to second compartment and 'London' in gilt to sixth. Rubbing to spine tips, bands, edges and corners. All page edges gilt: top bright with light dustiness and others very bright. Pretty gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers. 1878 gift inscription from Margaret Helen Awdry to her brother Walter - family of Wilbert Vere Awdry, creator of 'Thomas the Tank Engine'. Offsetting to title page, foxing to prelims and rear blanks, a few spots to page edges/outer margins. Contents o/w clean without inscriptions, foxing or other markings. An attractive copy. 465 pp. 37 woodcuts from designs by Harvey; portrait frontis of Thomas Campbell (Sir Thomas Lawrence and W. H. Watt). Notes and a biographical sketch by Rev. W. A. Hill. No publication date but preface dated August 1851. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.
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- Bookseller
- Bath and West Books (PBFA)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005656
- Title
- The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell. With Notes and a Biographical Sketch By the Rev. W. A. Hill. Illustrated By Thirty-seven Woodcuts from Designs By Harvey
- Author
- Campbell, Thomas; Hill, Rev. W. A.; Harvey
- Illustrator
- Harvey
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Place of Publication
- The Broadway, Ludgate
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Poetry; Antiquarian & Fine Bindings; Awdry Family; Scottish Poet; Leather Bound Poetry;
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About the Seller
Bath and West Books (PBFA)
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Bath, Somerset
About Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Bath and West Books is an online/mail order business owned by Jo West and based just outside the city of Bath. I have been dealing in antiquarian and secondhand books since 2003 and I buy and sell books on a wide variety of subjects with particular interests in Literature and Poetry, The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Modern Firsts, History, Politics, Children's and Illustrated Books, Travel, Art, Fine Bindings, Literary Sets, the Folio Society and anything unusual and interesting. Please visit www.BathandWestBooks.co.uk for further information. You can also follow us at Twitter.com/BathWestBooks.
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- Morocco
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- 12mo
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- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Rubbing
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- New
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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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Edges
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