Poems: The Empty Purse with Odes to the Comic Spirit to Youth in Memory and Verses
by George Meredith
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Macmillan and Co., 1892. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5". None. A first edition of this collection of Meredith's poems. First Edition. George Meredith (12 February 1828 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. In a cloth binding. Externally, very smart with just minor shelfwear only. Internally, firmly bound. Some slight foxing to the endpapers but otherwise very clean throughout Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GEN21-C-4
- Title
- Poems: The Empty Purse with Odes to the Comic Spirit to Youth in Memory and Verses
- Author
- George Meredith
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
- Size
- 7" by 4.5"
- Keywords
- George Meredith Empty Purse Poetry Victorian Empty Purse
Terms of Sale
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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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.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Shelfwear
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