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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In Verse and Prose. Containing the Principal Notes of Drs. Warburton and Warton: Illustrations and Critical and Explanatory Remarks, By Johnson, Wakefield, A. Chalmers, F.S.A. And Others [Volume III Only]
by Pope, Alexander
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: J. Johnson [and 23 Others], 1806. This is Volume Three only [of an original ten volumes], "To Which are Added, Now First Published, Some Original Letters, with Additional Observations, and Memoirs of the Life of the Author. By the Rev. William Lisle Bowles, A.M. Prenendary of Salisbury, and Chaplain to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales." The contents of this volume include Pope's famed "Essay on Man in Four Epistles," "Moral Essays," and "Letter to a Noble Lord." A large and heavy octavo in a full leather binding, ruled on the covers in gilt. Five raised bands on the spine, with decorations and titling in gilt. Clean text, lightly toned. Frontis engraving of Pope;vi, 439 pages. Marbled endpapers; speckled page ends; armorial bookplate on the front paste-down. Rubbed at the margins; two chips on the spie, at head and foot. While not disbound, the front cover is tender and barely hanging on. [Please note the condition issues; Quercus must offer this as a Binding Copy, in need of repair or restoration.]. First Thus. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006099
- Title
- The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In Verse and Prose. Containing the Principal Notes of Drs. Warburton and Warton: Illustrations and Critical and Explanatory Remarks, By Johnson, Wakefield, A. Chalmers, F.S.A. And Others [Volume III Only]
- Author
- Pope, Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- J. Johnson [and 23 Others]
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1806
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classic English 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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- Octavo
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- Bookplate
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- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
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