Procter, Adelaide Anne

Legends and Lyrics - A Book of Verses

London, Bell and Daldy, 1859. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. A reading copy only. Brown boards, gilt titles. Torn joints, loss to spine ends. Cracked hinges. Ffep loose. Good-.

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PROCTER, Adelaide Anne

Legends and lyrics; a book of verses

London, Bell & sons, 1877. Used - Good. Good hardback in full charcoal leather; aeg Reprint. Gift inscription dated 1879; pages clean; tissue guard to frontis portrait a little foxed; binding tight; leather worn at board corners, & on spine. With an introduction by Charles Dickens. Photo:.

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Book number: BOOKS165647I

PROCTER, Adelaide

Legends and lyrics: a book of verses (first series)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1892. Used - Good. Good hardback in white cloth with gilt New ed.. Tissue-guard to frontis portrait yellowed; page edges untrimmed; white cloth soiled on back board & browned on spine; elaborate gilt decoration (of daffodils) on spine & front board Photo:.

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Book number: BOOKS195588I

Adelaide Anne Procter

Legends and Lyrics a Book of Verses [Intro by Charles Dickens]

London, George Bell And Sons, 1894. Hardcover. Fascinating introduction by Dickens explaining how he came across Procter under the pseudonym Mary Berwick, only later discovering her true identity having published many of her poems in Household Words. In generally good order. Stock a little toned and occasional pencil notation. Well illustrated. Bookseller's blind stamp to rear end paper. Pictorial cloth boards rather worn, dulled and bumped. 8vo. 100pp . Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005231

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Dickens

Adelaide Anne Procter; Charles Dickens

Legends and Lyrics: A Book of Verses

London, George Bell and Sons, 1882. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of verses from English poet Adelaide Anne Procter. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of verses from Adelaide Anne Procter, an English poet and philanthropist whose literary career began when she was a teenager, her poems appearing in Charles Dickens's periodicals, and later in feminist journals. Includes titles such as: The Angel's Story, Echoes, A False Genius, My Picture, and Judge Not. With an introduction by Charles Dickens, an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic who created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. Bound by Ramage, London. Bound in full crushed morocco. Externally, smart with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Light loss to the head of the spine. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Bound by Ramage, London. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: 952T95

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Legends Lyrics Procter Dickens Lyrics None

Adelaide Anne Procter; Charles Dickens

Legends and Lyrics. A Book of Verses

London, George Bell & Sons, 1892. Leather. A nicely bound complete set of Adelaide Anne Procter's complete poetry, with religious and charitable poems, with an introduction by Charles Dickens. Complete in two volumes. A collection of poems and lyrics, the majority of which were originally published in Charles Dickens' 'Household Words' and 'All the Year Round' periodicals. The poems are influenced by Procter's own religious beliefs, being a Catholic, as well as her charity works, such as homelessness, poverty, and fallen women. Volume I with a frontispiece. Volume I with an introduction by Charles Dickens. Written by Adelaide Anne Procter. Procter starting writing and publishing poetry when she was still a teenager. Her father, the poet Bryan Waller Procter, was also a friend with Charles Dickens, as well as being friends with Elizabeth Gaskell, Leigh Hunt, and Charles Lamb. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front free endpaper, 'Horence Edith, Sep 15 1900&apos. In a full crushed morocco binding. Externally, smart. A little rubbing to the spine. A little fading to the rear board of Volume II. A few very light marks to the boards. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd spot. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 666P6

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: adelaide anne procter legends and lyrics book of verses charles dickens legends and lyrics poetry verse Not Stated

Adelaide Anne Procter

Legends and Lyrics: A Book of Verses

London, George Bell and Sons, 1883. Leather. A collection of verses by the English poet, Adelaide Anne Procter, with an introduction by the noted Charles Dickens and bound in full calf. A new edition. Bound in full calf with raised bands to the spine. This volume features a collection of verses by Adelaide Anne Procter, an English poet and philanthropist. The collection features an introduction by the celebrated Charles Dickens, who was friends with her father and who first published her works in his literary periodicals. Bound in full calf. Externally smart with fading to the spine, rubbing to the joints and extremities, and marks to the boards. A bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound with generally clean and bright pages with minor spotting to the front and rear and minimal age toning. Ink inscription dated 1885 to the front blank. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 923Z5

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Verses Poetry Adelaide Anne Procter Charles Dickens Poetry None

Adelaide Anne Procter; Charles Dickens

Legends and Lyrics: A Book of Verses

London, George Bell and Sons, 1882. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of verses from English poet Adelaide Anne Procter. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of verses from Adelaide Anne Procter, an English poet and philanthropist whose literary career began when she was a teenager, her poems appearing in Charles Dickens's periodicals, and later in feminist journals. Includes titles such as: The Angel's Story, Echoes, A False Genius, My Picture, and Judge Not. With an introduction by Charles Dickens, an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic who created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. Bound in full crushed morocco. Externally, smart with rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd mark to the boards. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 913T92

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Legends Lyrics Verses Procter Lyrics None

Adelaide Anne Procter; Charles Dickens

Legends and Lyrics: A Book of Verses

London, George Bell and Sons, 1882. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of verses from English poet Adelaide Anne Procter. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of verses from Adelaide Anne Procter, an English poet and philanthropist whose literary career began when she was a teenager, her poems appearing in Charles Dickens's periodicals, and later in feminist journals. Includes titles such as: The Angel's Story, Echoes, A False Genius, My Picture, and Judge Not. With an introduction by Charles Dickens, an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic who created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. Bound in full brown calf. Externally, smart with minor rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards. Hinges just starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Light spotting and minor age toning to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 931T62

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Legends Lyrics Verse Procter Lyrics Not Stated