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Prose on Several Occasions
de George Colman
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good
- Librería
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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DESCRIPTION
(ii) + xvi + contents + 266pp + (ii)
(ii) + contents + 318pp + (ii)
(ii) + xx + 290pp + (ii)
Books measure 185mm x 125mm approximately.
Nicely bound in fine full contemporary tan calf. Spine with twin gilt-ruled bands with maroon and black title and volume labels. Bound with half titles and full-page engraved frontispiece to title page verso. Plain end-papers and paste-downs.
CONDITION
The bindings are in very good general condition and holding firm. Boards and spines exhibit a few random general marks, and a few minor scuffs, and with moderate bumping to board corners.
Internally the pages are generally clean with usual mild toning, and with some marginal staining and a few spots to latter pages, end-papers and paste-downs. Large previous owner bookplate to front paste-down of each volume, partially "stuck" to front end-paper in vol I.
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INTERESTING
George Colman (1732 to 1794) was an English dramatist and essayist, usually called "the Elder", and sometimes "George the First", to distinguish him from his son, George Colman the Younger.
He was born in Florence, where his father was stationed as British Resident Minister at the court of the Grand duke of Tuscany. After attending a private school in Marylebone, George was sent to Westminster School. Colman left school in due course for Christ Church, Oxford. There he made the acquaintance of Bonnell Thornton, the parodist, and together they founded The Connoisseur. He left Oxford after taking his degree in 1755, and having been entered at Lincoln's Inn before his return to London, he was called to the bar in 1757. A friendship formed with David Garrick.
Colman was acting manager of Covent Garden for seven years, and during that period he produced several "adapted" plays of Shakespeare.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Melmoth Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- MB0114
- Título
- Prose on Several Occasions
- Autor
- George Colman
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- T Cadell
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1787
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
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Melmoth Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2020
York, North Yorkshire
Sobre Melmoth Books
We have been collecting and dealing in books for over 20 years. We are passionate bibliophiles who understand the importance and satisfaction of "the read". We have a broad range of subject interest from rare antiquarian, poetry, Bronte, South Africa, the Graveyard Poets and Women Writers. We provide valuation and probate services and we also purchase individual books and collections.
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- 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...
- 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....
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
