The Works of James Thomson in four volumes complete with his last corrections and improvements; v. 1: Spring; Summer; Autumn; Winter; etc / v. 2: Isaac Newton; Liberty; The Castle of Indolence; etc. / vol. 3: Sophonisba; Agamemnon; Alfred; etc / Edward and Eleonora; Tancred and Sigismunda; Coriolanus; etc (4 vols. complete)
by James Thomson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good minus
- Seller
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Newmarket, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand, 1757. First thus. Hardcover. Good minus. Offered as a scarce original edition, despite difficult condition. 4 individual vols. set sold as is and in need of rebinding. Duodecimo, 6 1/3" tall; vol. 1: 216 pages + frontispiece + 4 engravings; vol. 2: 243 pages + frontispiece; vol. 3: 255 pages; vol. 4: 288 pages; all full leather with gilt spine titles. In good minus condition only, exterior covers heavily worn, hinges broken, front covers loose on vols 3 and 4, and spine previously repaired by a leather patch on volume one; some endpapers loose, vol. 4 missing front free, endpaper; internal bindings mostly secure but with some signatures 'pulled' on two vols, paper light to moderately yellowed with scattered foxing and occasional finger soiling at the margins; previous owner's bookplate and inscriptions on front endpapers, steelplate engraved frontispiece portrait has been disfigured by scratching. With all these difficulties, this set is still worth rebinding and priced accordingly.
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- Bookseller
- Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40071
- Title
- The Works of James Thomson in four volumes complete with his last corrections and improvements; v. 1: Spring; Summer; Autumn; Winter; etc / v. 2: Isaac Newton; Liberty; The Castle of Indolence; etc. / vol. 3: Sophonisba; Agamemnon; Alfred; etc / Edward and Eleonora; Tancred and Sigismunda; Coriolanus; etc (4 vols. complete)
- Author
- James Thomson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First thus
- Publisher
- Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1757
- Keywords
- Poetry; verse
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Avenue Victor Hugo Books specialize in first editions of the best in fiction, history, biography, poetry, drama, and essay. Our catalogue features careful, considered assessments of all of our stock. We are not flippers selling books by the pound. Instead, we try to limit our stock to books in a condition we'd be proud to place on our personal bookshelves.
For nearly 30 years, Avenue Victor Hugo Books was a fixture of Newbury Street in Boston's Back Bay, at one time holding over a quarter-million magazines and 150,000 used books. Awarded "Best Used Bookstore" multiple times by Boston Magazine, the store was a favorite of Boston-area authors and college students alike.
Since relocating to New Hampshire our shop has been featured on WBGH Boston News, WVCB's "Boston Chronicle," NHPR, and WMUR's "New Hampshire Chronicle." Avenue Victor Hugo has also recently been featured in "New Hampshire magazine," "The Boston Globe," UNH's "The New Hampshire," "The New Hampshire Union Leader," and "Foster's Daily Democrat."
Our store is open Fridays & Saturdays from 10am to 6pm in Lee, New Hampshire, less than 10 minutes from the University of New Hampshire.
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