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Diamond Classics
John Milton; Mark Akenside; James Thomson; Robert Bloomfield; George Canning
1828-1851
Wm. S. Orr & Co. : London
3.5" by 2.5"
xv, [1], 223; viii, 136, xxiv, 40; xxxi, [1], 149, [5], 92, [2]; [2], xvii, [1], 201pp.
SUMMARY
A delightful collection of four volumes from the Diamond Classic series, published by Orr & Co. between 1828 and 1851.
Original Binding,Publishers Original Binding,Scarce
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
This book weighs0.5 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
A collection of four volumes from the Diamond Classics series, also known as Orr & Cos cabinet edition series.
Bound in the publishers original blue cloth.
The Diamond Classics Series was a collection of miniature volumes of poetry, stories, novels and essays, uniformly bound in blue cloth. There were originally forty-six volumes in the series, published between 1828 and 1851. Dates and information acquired using Jisc, from a full set of the series held at the University of Oxford Libraries.
This set is comprised of the following:
The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside.
The Seasons by James Thomson and The Farmers Boy by Robert Bloomfield, bound together with two separate paginations.
Giffords Baviad and Maeviad: Pasquin v. Faulder: Epistle to Peter Pindar and The Poetical Works of the Right Honorable George Canning, bound together with two separate paginations.
Paradise Regained; and Other Poems by John Milton.
CONDITION
Bound in the publishers original blue cloth. Externally, excellent, with light rubbing and a little bumping to the extremities. Spines are a touch faded, with the odd mark to cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with the occasional handling mark.
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
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.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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