Theodore : or, the Gamester's Progress : A poetic tale
London: Printed by T Maiden, for Vernor And Hood, 1802.
Illustrated by [John] Thurston del. frontis. Early Printing. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Item #14428
Front joint professionally repaired in leather, pin hole through half the pages, some pencil annotations, tone, owner's signature and bookplate, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Full calf binding with gilt rulings and red spine label. Early work by poet Richard Scrafton Sharpe, first published in 1799. "Without a Dedication - Without a Patron's Name to Stamp Its Worth." 1804 bookplate of Joseph Baker, Salem, on front paste-down, with his signature above. John Thurston frontispiece (P Maverick sc) of gambling wastrel youth, with dice and cup on floor, being confronted: "Curse not thy father, he to whom you owe Far more than all your care can ere repay."; 127 pages.
Price: $149.95