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The Genius of the Thames: a Lyrical Poem
de PEACOCK, Thomas Love
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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London: T. Hookham, 1810. vii, [1], 147pp, [1]. With half-titles. Victorian tan half-calf, gilt, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, with loss to head of spine. Ink-dated author obituary clippings pasted to blank-fly, four small mount-holes cut to half title; combined with the indentation on the following leaves suggestive that this once held a Carte de Visite of the author. Some glue residue to gutter of title. Leaf C5 bound before C4. Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866), English poet and novelist. Extended from an original composed during Peacock's time as secretary to Sir Home Riggs Popham aboard HMS Venerable in May 1808. Tracing the river from its Cotswold source, through Oxford by way of several stanzas, ending as the river flows to the North Sea, east of London. . First Edition. 8vo.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Antiquates Ltd
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- AQ9734
- Título
- The Genius of the Thames: a Lyrical Poem
- Autor
- PEACOCK, Thomas Love
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- T. Hookham
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1810
- Palabras clave
- River Thames, Oxford, Poetry, London, C19th
- Size
- 8vo
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Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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Antiquates Ltd
Miembro de Biblio desde 2008
Wareham, Dorset
Sobre Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
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- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
