Private Correspondence of William Cowper Esq. with several of his most intimate friends, now first published from the originals in the possession of his kinsman John Johnson - Vol. I only

Cowper, William

Publication Date	1824
Publisher	Henry Colburn
Binding	Full-Leather
Condition	Reading copy only
SKU	23534
Notes	Binding is scuffed, faded and very worn. Scatted foxing to pages. Gatherings are holding tight. Occasional pencil note. A serviceable reading copy in rather an odd binding.

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Hardback. xxxii,378pp. Full leather binding. Calf is has an usual surface effect leaving a slightly textured spotted effect, decorative gilt border pattern to both boards. Back strip possibly from an earlier binding has faded gilt patterned compartments. Marbled endpapers. Pages have a rice effect speckled across them, again, like the treatment of the boards, rather unusual. Volume I only of two.

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