THE SECOND PART OF THE APPARITION. A POEM
by [Evans, Abel (spurious continuation)]
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London: Printed and Sold by the Booksellers of London, and Mrs. Dod at Westminster, 1710.. 24pp. (wanting the half-title). Octavo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. Faint 1" splashmark on title, tan offset in upper margin at gutter of first half of textblock, otherwise very good. First edition. The uncommon spurious 'continuation' of Abel Evans's poem published the same year. The anonymous writer casts "The Devil, in the guise of Sacheverall, visits Abel Evans at St. John's college, and conspires with him to restore the Pretender ..." - Madan & Speck. ESTC locates 8 copies in North America. FOXON S172. ESTC N218562. MADAN & SPECK 137.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- THE SECOND PART OF THE APPARITION. A POEM
- Author
- [Evans, Abel (spurious continuation)]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed and Sold by the Booksellers of London, and Mrs. Dod at Westminster
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1710.
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...