The Life of John Clare
by MARTIN, Frederick
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
London, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co, 1865. First Edition. Cloth. Fair. 301 p. 21 cm. Green cloth hardcover with gold and blank impressing. Corners bumped, cloth rubbed with a little light soiling. Hinges cracking internally. Pages have chipped and torn edges with thumbing. Bookplate on front free endpaper for J. Hardwick, Jun., Syston Park, Grantham, a house now demolished.
Topics include the unfortunate poet's success, fame, patronage, publications, descent into insanity, time in an asylum, etc.
Topics include the unfortunate poet's success, fame, patronage, publications, descent into insanity, time in an asylum, etc.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 115725
- Title
- The Life of John Clare
- Author
- MARTIN, Frederick
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1865
- Keywords
- Biography, Poets
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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- Fair
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Bookplate
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