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William Barnes - Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect

Title: Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect
Description: London , John Russell Smith , 1862-63. Cloth. Two smart volumes of the first and third collection of poems in the Dorset dialect by William Barnes. Two volume of poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect by William Barnes, including the first and third collection. The first collection is in the third edition and contains poems on the seasons. William Barnes was an English poet who wrote over eight hundred poems in the Dorset dialect with some of them appearing within this volume. Some of the poems that appear within this volume are Broken Heart, Castle Ruins, Echo and Year Clock. With an illustrated title page and frontispiece to the third collection. With sixteen pages of publisher adverts to the rear to both volumes. Both volumes are in the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with some fading to the spine. Loss to the head of the spine of collection one. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine. With a University of Bristol bookplate and a gift bookplate to both front pastedowns. A bookplate for Eric Gerald Stanley to the front free endpaper of both volumes. Internally, both are firmly bound with generally bright pages with some light scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

Keywords: Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect william barnes poetry william barnes Not Stated

Price: GBP 60.00 = appr. US$ 85.68 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 837B2

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