Author: J. Cumming Goodfellow
Title: Hawick&Apos;S Annual Festival and Other Verses
Description: Hawick, J. C. Goodfellow & Son, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this scarce collection of poetry by John Cumming Goodfellow. The first edition of this scarce work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Presentation bookplate to the front paste down, inscribed by the author, presenting this book to Cardiff Public Libraries, dated 1911. Ink inscription to the front paste down and to the verso of the title page. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of the author with a facsimile signature. An anthology of about eighty poems by John Cumming Goodfellow (1834-1918), including 'The Spectre of Branxholme', 'Cecil John Rhodes', and 'The World of Books', which includes the lines 'Blest is the man who now and always looks/For help and solace from the World of Books&apos. A page of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally sound, with fading to the spine and spotting to the front board, including one mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for offsetting and spotting to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Poetry John Cumming Goodfellow Anthology John Cumming Goodfellow Not Stated


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