Poetry on Different Subjects written under the signature of Timothy Spectacles.
de Foster, William C
- Usado
- good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Good
- Librería
-
Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
Salem, NY: printed by John M. Looker, for the author, 1805. 1st edition - Poems on mostly politics of the time & local issues, as well as a sympathetc poem of a dying Negro on a slave ship - Foster's long plight of the Negro poem " Extract of an Address Presented to the readers of the Waterford Gazette, January 1, 1804. " has been reprinted in James G. Basker's " Amazing Grace - An Anthology of Poems about Slavery 1660 - 1810 " - Yale University Press - 2002 - it is a contribution to what is now being referred to as the Afrocentric Poetics of the Enlightenment - scarce imprint & a rare book - original binding, old calf, worn, old names & dates on prelims, paper foxed and browned at edges and occassionally throughout - lacks 2 leaves later in the book, just before the appendix, and appear never to have been bound in [ still no excuse ] - but still a good representative copy of the period.. First Edition. Full-Leather. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Librería
- Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 13300
- Título
- Poetry on Different Subjects written under the signature of Timothy Spectacles.
- Autor
- Foster, William C
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- printed by John M. Looker, for the author
- Lugar de publicación
- Salem, NY
- Fecha de publicación
- 1805
- Palabras clave
- Early American Literature - New York State Imprint - New York State Regional Poetry / Literature Early Black American Literature Early Slavery Commentary Afrocentric Poetics
- Catálogos del vendedor
- New York State;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Sobre el vendedor
Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB
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Port Colborne, Ontario
Sobre Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. 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...
