Cowper

Smith, Goldwin; Morley, John (Editor)

Published by Harper and Brothers, New York, 1880

About this Item

Original publisher's black cloth binding with red lettering on covers and spine. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2." 128 pages, complete. Ten additional pages of advertisements in the back. Small square sticker on front pastedown with a library call number. A few numbers are written in black ink on the blank flyleaf preceding the half-title. There is one pink stamp each on the title page and Page 128 that reads, "Library, State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, and the Blind, Berkeley, Cal." The stamps do not affect text. Tipped-in pocket label on the back pastedown lists the terms of checking out books from the library and instructs patrons to place their cards in the pocket when the book in on loan. A card is included in this pocket. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Some dust on the top edge of the text block not affecting pages internally. No external markings, except for slight rubbing. A Fine copy. This book is part of a thirty-six-volume biographical series titled, English Men of Letters, which was edited by John Morley and written by different authors. This book is no. 9 of 36 in the series. One ad in the back lists other books in the series that had been released to date. Biography of William Cowper (1731-1800), an English poet and writer of hymns. He was popular in his time and arguably a forerunner of the Romanticist movement in literature.

Seller Inventory # 022025

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cowper
• Publisher: Harper and Brothers, New York
• Publication Date: 1880
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Collectible-Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature
  • Philosophy and Religion