Poems of the Heart
by Ferguson, Dugald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Dunedin: James Horsburgh. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Viii, 232 pages + errata slip + frontis + 6 plates. Endpapers foxed. Spine rubbed. No signatures. Contents: Prologue; Natural and Descriptive Themes; Historical and Heroic Themes; Humorous and Satirical Themes; Ballad and Lyrical Themes; Elegiac and Reflective Themes. From the preface: "For a volume of verse, void of speculative philosophy, and almost lacking in Colonial character, the prospect of favour with a Colonial Public must, I fear be but moderate. "; 12mo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000959
- Title
- Poems of the Heart
- Author
- Ferguson, Dugald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- James Horsburgh
- Place of Publication
- Dunedin
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- New Zealand Poetry
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
Glossary
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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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...