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1853 BOOK THE POETICAL WORKS OF THOMAS MOORE. FINE DECORATED LEATHER HARDCOVER APP. THE FRONT COVER END-BOARD IS SEPARATED FROM THE BINDING ALONG THE INSIDE SPINE HINGE BUT NOT LOOSE (LOOK AT LAST PHOTO), STICH REPAIR ALONG THE BACK INSIDE SPINE HINGE. UP FOR AUCTION IS A 1853 BOOK ''THE POETICAL WORKS OF THOMAS MOORE'' PUBLISHED BY D. APPLETON. FINE DECORATED LEATHER HARDCOVER APP. 6.5'' X 9.5'' AND 747 PAGES LONG, PAGES GILDED ALL AROUND, TITLE PAGE DATE 1853, ILLUSTRATED, 4 ILLUSTRATIONS ARE MISSING, PAGES IN VERY GOOD CONDITION BUT SLIGHTLY DARKER, SOME PAGES HAVE MINOR FOXING OR MINOR TAN FOXING TYPE SPOTS, THE LAST 65 OR SO PAGES AND BACK END-PAPERS HAVE WATER SPOTS (LOOK AT PHOTOS), A FEW PAGES AND A FEW ILLUSTRATIONS HAVE MINOR WATER SPOTS, A FEW PAGES HAVE TAN SPOTS, A FEW PAGES HAVE A VERY MINOR TEAR ON THE BLANK SIDE EDGE MARGIN, INSCRIPTION DEDICATION TO PREVIOUS OWNER ON THE FRONT END-PAPER, THE COVER AS YOU SEE IT IN THE PHOTOS, IT HAS MINOR WEAR ON THE LEATHER SURFACE, CHIPS WEAR ON THE SPINE EDGES, SOME FADING WEAR ALONG THE SPINE SURFACE, SURFACE RIPS ALONG THE SPINE SIDE EDGES, VERY MINOR WEAR ON THE CORNERS. THE FRONT COVER END-BOARD IS SEPARATED FROM THE BINDING ALONG THE INSIDE SPINE HINGE BUT NOT LOOSE (LOOK AT LAST PHOTO), STICH REPAIR ALONG THE BACK INSIDE SPINE HINGE. SOLD AS IS. I REPEAT AS IS.