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The life of John Gilpin, taken From divers Manuscripts in the Possession of the Family by GILPIN (John), aka [COWPER (William)] -- Adaptation:

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Seller: BATTLEDORE LTD

Title: The life of John Gilpin, taken From divers Manuscripts in the Possession of the Family
Author: GILPIN (John), aka [COWPER (William)] -- Adaptation:
Seller: BATTLEDORE LTD (United States)
Description: GILPIN (John), aka [COWPER (William)] -- Adaptation: The life of John Gilpin, taken From divers Manuscripts in the Possession of the Family, and now published, for the first Time, by their Permission, for the Gratification of the Public Curiousity, respecting so extraordinary a Character. Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Burnet, White, Burton, H. Whitestone, Byrne, Cash, M'Donnel, and Marchbank, 1785. 12mo, viii 144pp complete but lacking front and rear blank free endleaves; early brown tree-calf scuffed, outer hinges and corners worn. Rare first Irish edition of a little known, entirely spurious and understandably comedic prose 'life' of the fictional draper from Cheapside, John Gilpin, star of William Cowper's ballad 'The diverting history of john gilpin'. Cowper's verse, which follows Gilpin on an intended journey to the Bell Inn, Edmondton, during which he became separated from his family and was taken by an out of control horse to a town ten miles distant, had first appeared, anonymously, in the Public Advertiser (1782). The poem's popularity was immortalised in a series of performances at Freemason's Hall by the acclaimed Shakespearean actor John Henderson (1747-1785), and well capitalised upon by the London ballad and print trade, as well as by provincial stage-managers. This present attempt, in thirteen chapters, at telling the earlier and post ballad-journey life of the unfortunate Gilpin is (perhaps unsurprisingly, given the desire for popularity by association) dedicated to Henderson. It includes a narrative re-telling of the abortive trip to the Bell as Chapter X, 'How he intended to have dined at Edmondton, and was carried Ten Miles beyond it', as well as reprinting the verse original 'as read repeatedly with the greatest applause by Mr. Henderson'. All editions of this fictional work, first published by S. Bladon (London, 1785) and reprinted twice there in the same year, are rare; ESTC locates only four copies of this first Irish edition in the British Isles (BL, Cambridge, Dublin and NLI) and just three elsewhere (Princeton, Rutgers and Nebraska-Lincoln). ESTC T99012.

A small group of Type Specimen Samples from the International Typeface Corporation (ITC) by ITC

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Title: A small group of Type Specimen Samples from the International Typeface Corporation (ITC)
Author: ITC
Seller: Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description: N.P.: International Typeface Corporation, 1990. self paper wrappers. Type Specimens. 4to. self paper wrappers. All specimens are in fine condition. The group includes: ITC SYMBOL (1984), ITC ARABIC (1988), ITC JAMILLE (1988), ITC PANACHE (1988), The ITC Typeface Collection (Summer 1989), ITC MASTERWORKS (1989), and finally ITC QUAY SANS (1990).

Midnight Antelopes by GOLD, Darlene

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Title: Midnight Antelopes
Author: GOLD, Darlene
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780972108911
Description: Boston, MA: Pressed Wafer, 2003. First edition. Softcover. A slim collection of 15 poems by Gold. A fine copy in stapled wrappers.

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