Killarney, A Poem
by Leslie, John, A.M
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Rosscarbery, Cork, Ireland
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About This Item
London: George Robinson, 1772. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 4to, pp. title page, 4 page list of subscribers, advertisement, 'Argument', 50, errata, original gilt tooled full leather, much scuffed and rubbed, spine splitting and with minor losses, paper title to cover 'Lakes of Killarney' (sic), corners bumped, edges rubbed, missing ffep, vignette on title page has been excised and title page reinforced, text grubby throughout, small tear on fore edge of last page, binding sound. A somewhat melancolic copy of the rare first edition; a second, octavo, edition was published in Dublin in the same year.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Vivian Art & Antiques
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001318
- Title
- Killarney, A Poem
- Author
- Leslie, John, A.M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- George Robinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1772
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Charles Vivian Art & Antiques
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Rosscarbery, Cork
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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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