Queen Hynde. A Poem, In Six Books
by Hogg, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Orig. watered brown silk cloth, lettered paper spine label. Very good
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London & Edinburgh: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green and William Blackwell, 1825. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. watered brown silk cloth, lettered paper spine label. Very good. 443 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. Dedicated to "the daughters of Caledonia." Hogg, born in Selkirkshire had little formal education, worked as a shepherd, fortunately had access to books and began writing verse. He settled in Edinburgh where he began a promising literary career, finding friends in Walter Scott, Byron, Wordsworth, Southey and the publisher John Murrary. Wordsworth's poem "Upon the Death of James Hogg" expressed respect and affection shared by many of his contemporaries.
DNB p.984. "The spontaneity, freshness and energy of Hogg's verse are readily apparent. Armorial bookplate of Exam, text clean, rubbing to spine head and foot.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24052
- Title
- Queen Hynde. A Poem, In Six Books
- Author
- Hogg, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. watered brown silk cloth, lettered paper spine label. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green and William Blackwell
- Place of Publication
- London & Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1825
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Poetry
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