GAY'S FABLES. IN ONE VOLUME COMPLETE...FROM THE LAST LONDON EDITIO
by [Gay, John
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1808. 122pp. plus six plates (including frontispiece). 16mo. Contemporary half roan and marbled boards, spine gilt. Extremities worn, boards rubbed. Light scattered foxing. Contemporary ink inscription on front free endpaper; later ink signature on front pastedown. Very good. First American edition of the poems composed by John Gay for William, Duke of Cumberland. Complete with the charming frontispiece and five wood-engraved plates. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 15090. ROSENBACH CHILDREN'S 365
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- GAY'S FABLES. IN ONE VOLUME COMPLETE...FROM THE LAST LONDON EDITIO
- Author
- [Gay, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Mathew Carey
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1808
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William Reese Company
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Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
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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, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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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...
- Marbled boards
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- 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....