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The Shipwreck
by William Falconer
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies; et al., 1811. Leather. Good. 6.5" by 3.5". None . The thirteenth edition of William Falconer's celebrated maritime poem, adorned with illustrations. Poem telling of the final voyage of the merchant ship Britannia and her crew. Written by William Falconer, Scottish epic poet of the eighteenth century, mostly concerned with life at sea.The thirteenth edition of this widely celebrated poem. Illustrated with four full page plates and one folding plate illustrative of a fully rigged merchant ship. Collation for this edition seems to vary. In half calf binding over marbled boards. Externally with shelf wear, lightly chipped and rubbed to head and tail of spine and extremities. Joints cracked, rear board held by two cords only, front board by one cord only. Previous ownership inscription to front pastedown, undated. Internally, text block firmly bound. Pages generally clean with a touch of spotting to occasional leaf, particularly leaves of plates. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 850A10
- Title
- The Shipwreck
- Author
- William Falconer
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies; et al.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1811
- Size
- 6.5" by 3.5"
- Keywords
- the shipwreck william falconer poetry william falconer
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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