Author: Robert Blair
Title: The Grave: A Poem
Description: London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1869. Cloth. A smart illustrated edition of this blank verse poem from Scottish writer Robert Blair. Illustrated throughout. The work for which the author is best known. A poem of seven hundred and sixty-seven lines in blank verse, being an exemplar of what would become known as the school of graveyard poetry. The work was later illustrated by William Blake. Written by Rev Robert Blair, a Scottish poet. Illustrated by Birket Foster, John Tenniel, John R. Clayton, James Godwin, J. Abbott Pasquier, and Thomas Dalziel. Engraved by Edmund Evans and the Brothers Dalziel. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting, predominantly to the foredge. With minor age toning to the endpapers and a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Good . Ill.: Various. Good .
Keywords: Grave Poem Blair Poem Various
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Title: The Grave: A Poem
Description: London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1869. Cloth. A smart illustrated edition of this blank verse poem from Scottish writer Robert Blair. Illustrated throughout. The work for which the author is best known. A poem of seven hundred and sixty-seven lines in blank verse, being an exemplar of what would become known as the school of graveyard poetry. The work was later illustrated by William Blake. Written by Rev Robert Blair, a Scottish poet. Illustrated by Birket Foster, John Tenniel, John R. Clayton, James Godwin, J. Abbott Pasquier, and Thomas Dalziel. Engraved by Edmund Evans and the Brothers Dalziel. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting, predominantly to the foredge. With minor age toning to the endpapers and a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Good . Ill.: Various. Good .
Keywords: Grave Poem Blair Poem Various
Price: GBP 30.00 = appr. US$ 42.84 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 949T25
- Book number: 949T25
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