George Crabbe - Tales

London, J. Hatchard, 1812. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this collection of poetry by George Crabbe, bound in a full tree calf binding. The first edition of this work. 'Tales' is a collection of poetry by George Crabbe, which includes 'The Dumb Orators', 'Arabella', 'Jesse and Colin', 'The Struggles of Conscience', 'The Learned Boy', and more. Crabbe was a clergyman, whos works described the lives of working class life and poverty. He was good friends with author and statesman Edmund Burke, and Burke was the one to introduce him to the literary world in London. Though Burke he became the Chaplain to the Duke of Rutland. With this position he was exposed to the country and lower-class life, which was often the focus of his poetry and writings. Crabbe mostly worked in the form of heroic couplets, a favourite form for narrative and epic poetry, and used often by Chaucer and Alexander Pope. With a bookplate to the front pastedown belonging to John Webb Roche. In the original full tree calf binding. Externally, generally smart. Some light fading to the spine, with minor rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and some bumping to the extremities. Patches of rubbing to the joints, with cracks to the head and tail of the front joint, and the head of the rear joint. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd scattered spot, the spots being heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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