Author: N.A. [THOMAS CAMPBELL]
Title: The Life of Thomas Campbell, Ll. D Author of the Pleasures of Hope [Bound with] the Pleasures of Hope, Gertrude of Wyoming &C.
Description: London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1853. Hard Cover . Small octavo, decorative blind-stamped morocco, gilt lettering at spine, gilt inner dentelles, nicely-gauffered edges. Engraved fronts. extra illustrated title, three further full-page engravings, tissue guards present. Some internal tanning, more notably at illustrations, a little minor spotting, text clean throughout. Shelf label at corner of front paste-down endpaper. A sound, presentable copy, well-preserved, and with prize inscription preceding fronts: "Stockwell/Grammar School/Midsr./1855./Presented to/ Thomas Burgess Little,/on his leaving the school, after nearly six years' good conduct/in it as a Pupil & Boarder/by J.S. Watson, M.A./Head Master -" (John Selby Watson, translator in Bohn's Classical Library series, and author.) .

Keywords: Poets Literature Eighteenth Nineteenth Century Scotland Scottish Bindings Poetry Bindings


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