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The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore. With Memoir By David Herbert, M.A.
by Moore, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Lee and Shepard, Publishers & Lee, Shepard, and Dillingham, 1872. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of a "New Edition Carefully Revised" of Ireland's National Poet. First Edition Thus. Not a common edition. Green pebbled cloth binding, decoratively stamped; gilt ruling and titling on the spine, which has five raised bands highlighted with gilt. Clean text; 475 pages, with a 24-page catalog from Nimmo of Edinburgh. [An interesting bit of publishing history here - why include another publisher's catalog and not one's own? Possibly this American edition was published from English sheets.]The volume begins with a 48-page biography of the poet. Minor rubbing to margins; pages are lightly toned. A rather handsome book.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005101
- Title
- The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore. With Memoir By David Herbert, M.A.
- Author
- Moore, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Lee and Shepard, Publishers & Lee, Shepard, and Dillingham
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1872
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Irish Literature;
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Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Jacket
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- 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...
- Cloth
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