Poems ;; by Felicia Hemans with an essay on her genius by H.T. Tuckerman. Ed. by Rufus W. Griswold
by Hemans, Felicia (Hemans, Felicia Dorothea Browne); Griswold, Rufus W. (ed.)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Prelims and endpapers foxed; board edges rubbed; institutional bookplate to front paste-down; owner signature to front free endp
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Sorin and Ball, 1845. Hardcover. Prelims and endpapers foxed; board edges rubbed; institutional bookplate to front paste-down; owner signature to front free endpaper. Overall Very Good+ thus, age considered. A legitimately deaccessioned ex-library copy with very minimal markings;. Octavo in very dark green full leather(?) with elaborate gilded and stamped illustrated boards and spine; 2 p.l., [iii]-xviii, 19-347 p. front. (port., with tissue), plates. 19 cm. Added t.p. engraved. A lovely edition in a very handsome gilt pictorial binding comprising an outdoor scene in which a young girl, in an oratorical or recitative pose, stands atop a lute, which is, in turn, laid atop a large, open book. The girls is observed by four young women several of whom appear to be weeping. Quite lovely if sad! English women poets.
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- Seller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 14899
- Title
- Poems ;; by Felicia Hemans with an essay on her genius by H.T. Tuckerman. Ed. by Rufus W. Griswold
- Author
- Hemans, Felicia (Hemans, Felicia Dorothea Browne); Griswold, Rufus W. (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Prelims and endpapers foxed; board edges rubbed; institutional bookplate to front paste-down; owner signature to front free endp
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Sorin and Ball
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1845
- Keywords
- England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Great Britain, Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women;
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Bibliope by Calvello Books
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Oakland, California
About Bibliope by Calvello Books
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