Author: John Johnstone (Editor)
Title: Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive and Narrative Poets of Great Britain from Chaucer to the Present Day
Description: Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1828. Leather. A pocket sized poetical anthology. With an illustrated frontispiece and a vignette title page. Edited and with both critical and biographical notes by John Johnstone. With poetry from Thomas Wyatt, Edmund Spenser, Sir Philip Sydney, Shakespeare and many more. In a full calf binding with blind stamping to the board edges and gilt stamping to the spine. Externally, generally smart with small patches of rubbing to the extremities and to the spine. Small loss to the spine label. Prior owner's ink inscription to recto of front endpaper, Arthur Swinbourn of Tickenham. Internally, firmly bound. Top portion of vignette title page has been neatly removed. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned with the odd spot throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: Swinbourn Twickenham Wyatt Spenser Twickenham Pocket-Sized None


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