The Isle of Palms and Other Poems
by Wilson, John
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Contemporary boards, uncut. Rebacked with brown cloth. Head of spine chipped, some small areas of faint scattered foxing; Very G
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London; John Ballantyne and Company, Edinburgh; and John Smith and Son, Glasgow, 1812. First edition. ix, 415 pp, plus 10-p. publisher's catalogue dated Feb. 20th, 1812. Half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary boards, uncut. Rebacked with brown cloth. Head of spine chipped, some small areas of faint scattered foxing; Very Good. First edition. ix, 415 pp, plus 10-p. publisher's catalogue dated Feb. 20th, 1812. Half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. His first book of poems and written under his own name, before he adopted the pseudonym of Christopher North. CBEL III, 1308
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- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 231521
- Title
- The Isle of Palms and Other Poems
- Author
- Wilson, John
- Format/Binding
- Ix, 415 pp, plus 10-p. publisher's catalogue dated Feb. 20th, 1812. Half-title. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary boards, uncut. Rebacked with brown cloth. Head of spine chipped, some small areas of faint scattered foxing; Very G
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London; John Ballantyne and Company, Edinburgh; and John Smith and Son, Glasg
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1812
- Keywords
- Scottish
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