Author: HERBERT, GEORGE
Title: The Temple -and- a Priest to the Temple (Everyman's Library #309)
Description: London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, [c.1908]. First Edition. Hardcover. An undated, probable 1908 first edition. An Everyman's Library edition presenting "The Temple," a collection of religious-themed poetry by Welsh-born George Hebert (1593-1633). Also included is his brief treatise on being a parson, entitled "A Priest to the Temple, or The Countrey Parson: His Character and Rule of Holy Life." Himself a long-time Church of England parson near Salisbury, Wiltshire, Herbert died of consumption at the age of 39. With an introduction by Edward Thomas. Number 309 in Everyman's Library catalog in their "Poetry and the Drama" series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In 'flatback' binding style 1, full olive cloth-covered boards with elaborate Reginald Knowles-designed gilt spine titling & decorations, blindstamped J. M. Dent vignette to front cover, dark topstain and fancy Knowles woodcut art at title page, endpapers & frontis. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With a tear & small indentation to back cover top edge and other slight tears to cloth. Interior is clean, unmarked and book is tightly-bound.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; xvii, (2), 305 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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