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Lays and poems on italy
by MACKAY, Francis Alexander
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Bell and Daldy, 1862. viii, 164, [4], 31pp, [1]. With a half-title and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Unopened in original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed. Presentation copy, inked inscription to verso of FFEP: 'To the Right Honble. / Sir Edward G. E. Lytton Bulwer-Lytton / Baronet M.P. / from / F. A. MacKay / Montpelier / Edinburgh 31st May 1862'. The first edition of the third published work of Francis Alexander Mackay, and the first not to appear under his pseudonym Francis Fitzhugh, a collection of poems predominantly inspired by the history and landscape of Italy, including 'Hurra! for Garibaldi! - A War Chant' a celebration of the revolutionary's achievements during the Second Italian War of Independence that ultimately led to the unification of Italy in the year prior to the publication of this volume. This copy is inscribed by the author to fellow poet Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873). . First edition. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ21048
- Title
- Lays and poems on italy
- Author
- MACKAY, Francis Alexander
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bell and Daldy
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1862
- Keywords
- Poetry, Verse
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
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We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
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- G
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- Unopened
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- Inscribed
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- Verso
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