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WHITELAW ALEX. (EDITOR) The Casquet of Literary Gems. (4 Vols) " Orient Pearls at Random Strung, "
London, Blackie & Son 1820, Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; WHITELAW Alex edits The Casquet of Literary Gems (c1820) no date. Glasgow, London. Four vols bound in full calf with dark brown, light brown and elaborate gilt spines with seven raised bands. Vol II has a chip from the brown spine label while vol IV is missing a substantial part of the same label. Vol II is missing the book number label. Text blocks are solid and are gilt all around. Ovrall condition is very nice with hinges sound, gilding bright and only minor shelf rubbing. This is not to be confused with the set of six issued at a later date and eited by Charles Gibbon. Pp 386, 362, 374 and 374. Illustrated frontis's. Light foxing of frontis's. A number of b/w full page plates of different paper from the frontis's are quite clean. There are around 100 different authors in each book and double that number of writings. Albert Calman, NY bookplate. Fancy binding. ; Aproximate packaged weight of 1500 grams .
Offered for US$ 149.20 by: Poor Man's Books - Book number: 6552