ILLUSTRATIONS OF GENIUS, In Some of Its Relations to Culture and Society
by Giles Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1859. First Edition. 8vo, publisher’s original Ticknor brown cloth decorated in blind on the covers and lettered on the spine in gilt. 362, 8 ads pp. A very fine copy, essentially pristine, and as well preserved as one could ever expect to find. SCARCE FIRST EDITION AND A WORK FROM THE NEW ENGLAND LITERARY RENAISSANCE. A compendium of essays on Cervantes, Don Quixote, THE SCARLET LETTER, Wordsworth, Fiction, Music, Robert Burns, public opinion and much more by a Unitarian preacher of marked oratorical power. He was widely known as a lecturer, and his numerous volumes of literary interpretation and criticism were very well-received, particularly his “Human Life in Shakespeare” and the work presented here.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Buddenbrooks, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23245
- Title
- ILLUSTRATIONS OF GENIUS, In Some of Its Relations to Culture and Society
- Author
- Giles Henry
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ticknor and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1859
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About the Seller
Buddenbrooks, Inc.
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Newburyport, Massachusetts
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