William soppitt (1 Ergebnisse)
Weitere BilderVerlag: John Russell Smith, London, 1863
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes KönigreichRooke Books PBFA
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Zustand: Gebraucht - Gut
EUR 117,60
EUR 22,12 VersandVersand von Vereinigtes Königreich nach USAAnzahl: 1 verfügbar
In den WarenkorbCloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. The first edition copy of the third collection of poems in the Dorset dialect by William Barnes, celebrating rural life. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Bookplates to the front paste down and front free end paper. The first edition of William Bar…nes's third anthology of poems written in the Dorset dialect. A language purist, Barnes advocated for the use and proliferation of "strong old Anglo-Saxon speech." 18 pages of advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally sound, with splitting to the head of the joints, a small loss and some fading to the spine, and shelf wear to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot. Very Good. James Soppitt (illustrator). book.
