Author: W. E. Henley; Various
Title: A London Garland Selected from Five Centuries of English Verse
Description: London, Macmillan and Company, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A brilliant anthology of poems devoted to London and the city's surrounding areas, an extensive and illustrated collection. The first edition of this work, this being the standard trade edition in cloth. A deluxe vellum issue was published concurrently with this edition.An anthology of poems pertaining to London, collecting together five centuries of verse by a variety of eminent poets.This anthology includes 'A London Prentice' by Chaucer, 'Prothalamion' by Edmund Spenser, 'Windsor Forest' by Michael Drayton, 'Song: To Celia' by Ben Jonson, 'When the Assault Was Intended to the City' by John Milton, 'Hampton Court' by Alexander Pope, 'Nightwalking' by John Gay, 'London From Shooter's Hill' by Lord Byron, 'Upon Westminster Bridge' by Wordsworth, 'The Mermaid Tavern' by Keats, 'The Burden of Nineveh' by Rossetti, and more.Illustrated with a frontispiece, three plates, and many in-text and full-page illustrations throughout, drawn by the members of the Society of Illustrators.Illustrators include Cecil Aldin, Walter Crane, Sir Francis Seymour Haden, Arthur Rackham, and more.Edited by William Ernest Henley.Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Some light marks and discolouration to the boards and spine, as is usual to see with a white cloth. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spots to the fore edge. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Prior owner's gift inscription to the recto of the frontispiece. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .

Keywords: A London Garland Selected From Five Centuries of English Verse poetry w. e. henley chaucher poetry ben jonson Various


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