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The Shipwreck, a Poem
by Falconer, William
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Cadell and Davies et al, 1808. xiv, 135pp, [1]. Contemporary full morocco, raised flat bands, spine in five panels, title in gilt to second panel, author to fourth, remaining panels with central flower head with leaves and petals emanating, covers with gilt outer frame made up of two triple fillets enclosing varying flower heads, attractive corner piece tool in gilt, this surrounding a blind inner frame of triple fillet and flower head corner tools, gilt roll to inner edges, a.e.g. Rubbed to extremities, corners bumped and worn. Lightly browned internally, with occasional light foxing, previous owners book plate to front pastedown, previous owners name to reverse of front endpaper. Reprint. Full Morocco. Good. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Temple Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001208
- Title
- The Shipwreck, a Poem
- Author
- Falconer, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Cadell and Davies et al
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1808
- Keywords
- Noisbn, Poetry
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
Temple Rare Books
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About the Seller
Temple Rare Books
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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