Legends and lyrics. A book of verses
de PROCTER, Adelaide Anne
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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London: George Bell and Sons, 1881. In two volumes. xxxi, [1], 264; vi, 223pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed and sunned. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplates of Mervyn Lloyd Peel to both FEPs. A handsomely bound copy of poet Adelaide Anne Procter's (1825-1864) immensely popular poetry collection Legends and Lyrics; the first series of which was initially published by Bell and Daldy in 1858, with a second following in 1861. Both series were posthumously published in a single volume in 1866, with an introduction by Charles Dickens. Proctor was a prolific contributor to Dickens's periodical Household Words, submitting a total of seventy-three poems (and a further seven to All the Year Round). Sir Mervyn Lloyd Peel (1856-1929), Conservative politician who held the offices of Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace. . Thirty-fourth thousand. 12mo.
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- Librería
- Antiquates Ltd
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- AQ23118
- Título
- Legends and lyrics. A book of verses
- Autor
- PROCTER, Adelaide Anne
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Edición
- Thirty-fourth thousand
- Editorial
- George Bell and Sons
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1881
- Palabras clave
- Poetry, Verse
- Size
- 12mo
- Atención
- Puede que se trate de un conjunto de varios volúmenes y requiera de gastos de envío adicionales.
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Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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Antiquates Ltd
Miembro de Biblio desde 2008
Wareham, Dorset
Sobre Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- A.N.
- The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
