Author: H. G. Adams [ed.]
Title: The Kentish Coronal; Consisting of Original Contributions, in Prose and Poetry
Description: Lonon, Simpkin & Marshall, 1841 . First edition. Cloth. H. G. Adams's own copy of the first edition of his very scarce anthology of Kentish poems, illustrated with a frontispiece from murderer Richard Dadd. A very scarce first edition.The editor Henry Gardiner Adams's own copy, with his inscription to the title page head. Adams was an English druggist and chemist, better known as an author and anthologist.Illustrated with a frontispiece by Richard Dadd.Dadd was a prominent English painter who in 1843 killed his own father, convinced he was the devil in disguise. He was sent to Bedlam and subsequently to Broadmoor, where he died in 1886. A pencil inscription to the front free endpaper details this information.A charming collection of 'original contributions, in prose and poetry, by persons connected with the county of Kent', and including contributions from the editor, alongside individuals including W. H. Bensted, Thomas Miller and R. W. Lomas. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with light fading to back strip. Head of front joint starting, with front board somewhat tender. Rear hinge lightly strained, but firmly held. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Title page signed to head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Richard Dadd. Very Good .

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