Takings; or the Life of a Collegian 1821 ILLUSTRATED Thomas Gaspey POEM V RARE !

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Takings; or the Life of a Collegian. A Poem. Illustrated by Twenty-Six Etchings, From Designs by R. Dagley. London; John Warren, and G. and W. B. Whittaker; MDCCCXXI (1821).

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Examples of this very rare first edition work have fetched over £1,000 at auction in recent times.

Size: 25.5 x 17 x 3.5 cm.

Condition: Binding Copy

Lacking spine and front board. Rear board very loosely attached. Title page toned with prominent foxing and ownership inscriptions; one ownership inscription covering small part of title. Stamp on reverse of title page. Pages are very loosely attached with some broken binding strong, causing few pages to be loose. Thus, pages are not evenly placed causing page edges to tone more prominently and have very minor tears. Plates are prominently toned and foxed with some marks. Some plates have text transferred onto them (pictured). Text block fairly clean with light toning, sporadic and minor foxing, and very sporadic and minor marks. Tear across page from page 39 to 42, including plate. Lacking single plate, "Taking Thought". Please refer to photos for a more informative condition description.

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