Poems; On Several Occasions
by Gay, John
- Used
- Condition
- Very small chips to edges; endsheets offset from binder's glue' covers rubbed, spine flaking a bit.
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Dublin: George Risk, 1752. Third Dublin edition. Very small chips to edges; endsheets offset from binder's glue' covers rubbed, spine flaking a bit.. 12mo, 291 [1]pp, with misnumbered pages; contemporary calf, raised bands, leather spine label.
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- Bookseller
- Locus Solus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 205777
- Title
- Poems; On Several Occasions
- Author
- Gay, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Very small chips to edges; endsheets offset from binder's glue' covers rubbed, spine flaking a bit.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Dublin edition
- Publisher
- George Risk
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 1752
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- 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...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of 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....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...