Author: Lucy H. Humphrey
Title: The Poetic Old World a Little Book for Tourists
Description: London, George Bell & Sons , 1909. Cloth. A charming collection of poetry depicting different travel destinations in the United Kingdom and Europe. This is the first UK edition of this work. Published by Henry Holt and Company in New York the previous year. It is presented in green cloth binding, with a delightful natural design in gilt. This work uses a series of poems to explore Britain and parts of Europe. The poems commence with The Voyage, followed by a trip to Ireland, then England and Scotland, before ending up in Holland and Italy, amongst many other places. The collection ends with a set of poems which are aptly entitled The Return. With an ink inscription of D J Bransden to front endpaper. In original publisher's green cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with slight rubbing to the boards and to the extremities. Light bumping to the extremities. The occasional mark to boards. Age toning and offsetting to endpapers, with light spotting. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean, with light age toning. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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