COLLECTED WORKS...
by Pindar, Peter [Wolcot, John]
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Austin, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Pindar, Peter [Wolcot, John] COLLECTED WORKS... London: [various publishers] 1786-7. Quarto. 9 vols. bound in one. First and early editions. Contemporary full mottled calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, morocco label. Worn at spine, joints cracking and one cover loose; a very good clean tight crisp copy otherwise. Wolcot's many works were frequently bound up into single volumes by their owners, and were often sold thus by booksellers of the day. This collection includes his two best-known works, and two unrecorded printings: A POETICAL, SUPPLICATING, MODEST AND AFFECTING EPISTLE TO THOSE LITERARY COLOSSUSES, 1787, a pirated edition; MORE LYRIC ODES, 1786, 3rd edition; FAREWELL ODES, 1786, 4th edition (same year as the first); THE LOUSIAD, 1787, 7th edition, with additions (two years after the first); A POETICAL AND CONGRATULATORY EPISTLE TO JAMES BOSWELL, 1787, 6th edition (one year after the first); BOZZY AND PIOZZI, 1786, 7th edition (one year after the first); AN APOLOGETIC POSTSCRIPT TO ODE UPON ODE, 1787, 1st edition; INSTRUCTIONS TO A CELEBRATED LAUREATE, 1787, 5th edition (same year as first edition). The editions of BOZZY AND PIOZZI and INSTRUCTIONS are unrecorded by NCBEL. Rothschild 2590, 2592. NCBEL, II:695-6.
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- Bookseller
- Mac Donnell Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12893
- Title
- COLLECTED WORKS...
- Author
- Pindar, Peter [Wolcot, John]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- SATIRE , KING GEORGE III , HUMOR , BOSWELL, JAMES , JOHNSON, SAMUEL , WOMEN
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Mac Donnell Rare Books
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Austin, Texas
About Mac Donnell Rare Books
The owner of Mac Donnell Rare Books is a former rare book librarian and widely published bibliographer with more than 40 years experience in rare books. We maintain a fine rare book inventory of 19th and 20th century American and English literary first editions, association copies, and autographs, with a specialty in Mark Twain. We also offer qualified tax and insurance appraisals, and library development consultation.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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