Miscellanies in Prose and Verse the Last Volume
by Swift, Pope
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Bishop, California, United States
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About This Item
Fleet Street, London: Printed for Benjamin Motte. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1728. Hardcover. Collection of poems and essays from Jonathon Swift, Alexander Pope. Front hinge is cracked, but pages are still securely attached. Minor edgewear to leather bound volume. Pages show some damp stains, and remnants of apparent bookplate stuck to front free end paper. Lovely crest bookplate still inside front cover for Chris. Jeaffreson, Esq. Dullingham. Minor creasing and dog ears, moderate foxing, particularly to end papers. Contents include (abbreviated) : Martinus Sciblerus his treatise of the Art of Sinking in Poetry, Miscellanies in Verse ; 8 x 4.90 x 1.20 inches; 318 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Range & River Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44193
- Title
- Miscellanies in Prose and Verse the Last Volume
- Author
- Swift, Pope
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Printed for Benjamin Motte
- Place of Publication
- Fleet Street, London
- Date Published
- 1728
- Keywords
- Swift, Jonathon, Pope, Alexander, Antique, 18th Century, July
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques and Collectibles; Poetry; Essays;
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Bishop, California
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Glossary
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...