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Tales
George Crabbe
1812
J. Hatchard : London
8" by 5"
xii, [2pp], 398pp,
SUMMARY
The first edition of this collection of poetry by George Crabbe, bound in a full tree calf binding.
First Edition,Leather Binding,Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 0.75 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The first edition of this work.
'Tales' is a collection of poetry by George Crabbe, which includes 'The Dumb Orators', 'Arabella', 'Jesse and Colin', 'The Struggles of Conscience', 'The Learned Boy', and more.
Crabbe was a clergyman, whos works described the lives of working class life and poverty. He was good friends with author and statesman Edmund Burke, and Burke was the one to introduce him to the literary world in London. Though Burke he became the Chaplain to the Duke of Rutland. With this position he was exposed to the country and lower-class life, which was often the focus of his poetry and writings. Crabbe mostly worked in the form of heroic couplets, a favourite form for narrative and epic poetry, and used often by Chaucer and Alexander Pope.
With a bookplate to the front pastedown belonging to John Webb Roche.
CONDITION
In the original full tree calf binding. Externally, generally smart. Some light fading to the spine, with minor rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and some bumping to the extremities. Patches of rubbing to the joints, with cracks to the head and tail of the front joint, and the head of the rear joint. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd scattered spot, the spots being heavier to the first and last few pages.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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