Verses and Translations.
by Calverley, Charles Stuart
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: Deighton, Bell, and Co., 1862. First edition of Calverley's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In good condition. Ownership inscription. Rare. Widely considered the father of "the university school of humor", English poet and wit Charles Stuart Calverley is best-known for his Ode to Tobacco (1862), Translations into English and Latin (1866), and his Complete Works , published in 1901. "[Calverley] was a true poet; he was one of the most graceful scholars that Cambridge ever produced; and all his exuberant fun was based on a broad and strong foundation of Greek, Latin and English literature" (George W. E. Russell).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124130
- Title
- Verses and Translations.
- Author
- Calverley, Charles Stuart
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Deighton, Bell, and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1862
- Keywords
- Charles Stuart Caverley First Edition, Verses and Translations First Edition
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
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