THE POETICAL WORKS OF MARK AKENSIDE, MD : In Two Volumes. Collated with the Best Editions By Thomas park
by AKENSIDE, MARK & Thomas Park (Collated By )
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Very Good
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About This Item
Stationers Court, Ludgate Street, London: Suttaby, Evance and Hutchings, 1811. Full-Leather. Near Very Good. Contemporary Brown Calf Full Leather Binding with Gilt Decorative Borders to front & rear. Spine divided into compartments by Gilt Decoration. "Akenside" in 2nd Compartment. Gilt Decorative Border on inside Cover. Marbled Endpapers. All page edges Marbled. Volumes I and II are bound in the one book. Each has its own Printed Title Page and an Engraved Frontispiece Illustration, protected by Tissue Guard. Vol I includes The Pleasures of Imagination, 171 Pages. Vol. II includes Odes, 140 Pages. 5 1/4" Tall. Some edge wear and a tiny piece missing from top crner of spine. Corners worn. Binding firm. Pages in very good, clean condition. Please ask if you would like more pictures or information. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010838
- Title
- THE POETICAL WORKS OF MARK AKENSIDE, MD : In Two Volumes. Collated with the Best Editions By Thomas park
- Author
- AKENSIDE, MARK & Thomas Park (Collated By )
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Suttaby, Evance and Hutchings
- Place of Publication
- Stationers Court, Ludgate Street, London
- Date Published
- 1811
- Keywords
- ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS/POETRY/AKENSIDE
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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