The Shipwreck
by Falconer, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
for John Sharpe, 1822. reprint.. Hardback. Full calf gilt, VG. 167pp, engraved title & frontis & with 4 engraved titles to each canto, a small pretty binding with 6 compartments, raised bands & blind tooled decoration, gilt borders & tooling to the boards, gilt edges. Rear board affected by a small patch of browning, possibly from a hot object. A nice copy. Falconer's most famous poem & one which his maritime experiences - including being shipwrecked - served him well. William Falconer [ 1732 - 1769 ].
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eastleach Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6426
- Title
- The Shipwreck
- Author
- Falconer, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- reprint.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- for John Sharpe
- Date Published
- 1822
- Keywords
- binding, poetry, poem, poet
Terms of Sale
Eastleach Books
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About the Seller
Eastleach Books
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Newbury, Berkshire
About Eastleach Books
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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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...