Author: Robert Bloomfield
Title: The Farmer&Apos;S Boy; Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs
Description: London, J. F. Dove, c1830. Leather. A collection of rural poetry from English writer Robert Bloomfield, including his best known work The Farmer's Boy. With a frontispiece and title vignette. A collection of rural poetry, including The Farmer's Boy which made the author's reputation. Due to his position, Bloomfield had to carry in his head some fifty to a hundred finished lines of this at a time, until an opportunity arose to write them down. The success of the piece was remarkable with over 25,000 copies being sold in its first two years. Written by Robert Bloomfield, an English labouring-class poet. Dated from the British Library. Bound in half calf. Externally, sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd mark to the boards. Spine label lifting slightly. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and the odd small handling mark. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Keywords: Farmer's Boy Rural Ballads Bloomfield Rural None
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Title: The Farmer&Apos;S Boy; Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs
Description: London, J. F. Dove, c1830. Leather. A collection of rural poetry from English writer Robert Bloomfield, including his best known work The Farmer's Boy. With a frontispiece and title vignette. A collection of rural poetry, including The Farmer's Boy which made the author's reputation. Due to his position, Bloomfield had to carry in his head some fifty to a hundred finished lines of this at a time, until an opportunity arose to write them down. The success of the piece was remarkable with over 25,000 copies being sold in its first two years. Written by Robert Bloomfield, an English labouring-class poet. Dated from the British Library. Bound in half calf. Externally, sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd mark to the boards. Spine label lifting slightly. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and the odd small handling mark. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Keywords: Farmer's Boy Rural Ballads Bloomfield Rural None
Price: GBP 40.00 = appr. US$ 57.12 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 925T71
- Book number: 925T71
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