THE LIFE OF ALEXANDER POPE, ESQ., bound with THE WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE, ESQ.

Ruffhead, Owen and William Roscoe [Alexander Pope]

Published by C. Bathurst, et al., John Hearne, London, 1769

About this Item

(10), 578 pages and xxiii, 195 pages. Two books bound together in tan buckram in 1907. Both first editions--the Ruffhead book published in 1769; the Roscoe book published in 1825. SIGNED on the front endpaper by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1831-1917), the Concord, Massachusetts author and educator who was a prominent supporter of the abolitioniat John Brown. Also signed on the first title page by Stephen James Wilson Tabor, the Iowa Republican and abolitionaist whom Lincoln appointed Fourth Auditor of the United States Treasury. The book is tightly bound, internally clean with moderate soiling/staining on cover; a faint damp stain at spine, light edgewear; occasional spots of faint foxing; pages very lightly tanned. There is minor pencil underlining of the Roscoe book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # W1335

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE LIFE OF ALEXANDER POPE, ESQ., bound with...

Publisher: C. Bathurst, et al., John Hearne, London

Publication Date: 1769

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket, as Issued

Signed: SIGNED

Edition: First Edition.

Book Type: Book