FALCONER, W. | The Shipwreck, 1806, in Edwards of Halifax Binding with Fore-edge Painting

FALCONER, WILLIAM

THE SHIPWRECK, A POEM...WITH A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, BY J.S. CLARKE... FOR WILLIAM MILLER, 1806

12mo, full Estruscan panelled calf gilt by or in the style of Edwards of Halifax, spine in six compartments, all edges gilt, morocco label on spine, FINE CONTEMPORARY OR NEAR CONTEMPORARY FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF AN ANGLER FISHING ON THE RIVER THAMES, Eton College in the background, marbled endpapers, preserved in modern cloth slipcase, joints cracked, rubbed and starting, some other slight edge-wear

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Hicks, armorial bookplate; Rev. C.G. Owen, bookplate with crest

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