A dilettante (1 Ergebnisse)
Weitere BilderVerlag: Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1903
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes KönigreichRooke Books PBFA
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Zustand: Gebraucht - Gut bis sehr gut
EUR 270,63
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In den WarenkorbLeather. Zustand: Near Fine. First edition. A very scarce first edition poetry collection by Charles Darling, a wonderful collection bound by Sotheran. First edition.A very scarce work.In a lovely crimson crushed morocco binding by Henry Sotheran & Co.A volume of thirty-three poems by Charles Darling, many of which had been…previously published in the 'St. James's Gazette'.Including 'In Praise of Idleness', 'A Poem of a Painted Plate', 'Hell and Tommy: A Tract', 'The Frenchman to the Hova', 'A New Regimen of Health', 'Ulysses on a Steamboat', 'Confessions of a Parliamentary Candidate', 'l'Esprit des Lois', and more.Charles Darling, the 1st Baron Darling, was a High Court Judge and politician, who also contributed literary pieces to the 'Pall Mall Gazette' and the 'Saturday Review'.Darling was known for his brilliant but sometimes inappropriate wit, both on and off the bench, and for always being impeccably dressed. In a full crushed morocco binding by Henry Sotheran. Externally, smart. A few light spots and marks to the boards and spine. Very light bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Near Fine. None (illustrator). book.
