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Trifles
por Robert Dodsley
- Usado
- Muito Bom
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Muito Bom
- Livreiro
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
London: At Tully's Head, 1745. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. The first edition of the collected short dramatic works of Robert Dodsley, a smart volume of the publisher's fiction pieces. The first edition.Half-title is present. Two pages of adverts to the rear.Collated, lacking eight pages of the publisher's adverts. The collected early works of Robert Dodsley.This volume includes: 'The Toy-Shop', 'The King and the Miller of Mansfield', 'The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green', 'Rex & Pontifex', 'The Chronicle of the Kings of England', 'The Art of Preaching, in Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry', 'The Right of Mankind to do what they will, asserted', and more.Dodsley was a booksellers, poet, and publisher of the eighteenth century. As a publisher he produced Thomas Gray's 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard', and also collaborated with the innovative printer John Baskerville. In a rebacked calf binding, with new endpapers. Externally, smart, boards are rubbed and a little discoloured. Minor bumping to the extremities. A few small marks to the boards. Prior owner's ink inscription to the verso of the rear free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with some scattered spots. Tape repair to the gutter before the title page. Very small worm hole to pages v -viii, of 'The Toy-Shop'. Very Good
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 867P36
- Título
- Trifles
- Autor
- Robert Dodsley
- Ilustrador
- Not Stated
- Formato/Encadernação
- Leather
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Muito Bom
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First edition
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Editorial
- At Tully's Head
- Local de publicação
- London
- Data de publicação
- 1745
- Dimensão
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Palavras-chave
- Trifles robert dodsley toy shop king and the miller of mansfield robert dodsley red & pontifex chronicle of the kings of england
Termos da venda
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Sobre o Vendedor
Rooke Books
Membro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
Sobre Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- First Edition
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- Verso
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- New
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- Calf
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Rebacked
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- 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...
