Author: George Chalmers
Title: Churchyard&Apos;S Chips Concerning Scotland: Being a Collection of His Pieces Relative to That Country; with Historical Notices, and a Life of the Author
Description: London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce work on Thomas Churchyard by George Chalmers, bound in full calf and previously owned by Joseph Haslewood, the founder of the Roxburghe Club. The first edition. Previously owned by Joseph Haslewood with his gilt bookplate to the verso of the front free endpaper. Haslewood was an English author and antiquary, and is best known for being the founder of the bibliophilic 'Roxburgh Club&apos. Ornamented with Churchyard's arms, and a facsimile of his writing, and signature. Bound in full calf, rebacked. This work was written by George Chalmers and contains a collection of works by Thomas Churchyard relating to Scotland, with an account of his life. Churchyard was an English author, best known for his autobiographical verse collections, which are included in this volume. Bound in full calf, rebacked. Retaining blanks. Externally generally smart with rubbing to the boards and extremities, and marks to the boards. Bookplate to the front pastedown with pencil annotations to the endpapers and a ink notation to the front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound with clean and lightly age toned pages with only the odd spot to the blanks. Relevant newspaper clippings loosely inserted. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: First edition George Chalmers Thomas Churchyard Leather binding George Chalmers None


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