Songs of the brave. The soldier's dream, and other poems and odes
by CAMPBELL, WOLFE, COLLINS, BYRON, TENNYSON, MACKAY
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1856. 46pp, [2]. With 26 engraved illustrations in the text. Bound by Hayday in contemporary gilt-tooled brown morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Scattered foxing. A handsome copy of the first edition of an anthology of nine war poems, including Byron's 'The Night before Waterloo' and Tennyson's 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'; attractively illustrated with engravings from drawings by eminent contemporary artists Edward Duncan, George Thomas, and Birket Foster. . First edition. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ26195
- Title
- Songs of the brave. The soldier's dream, and other poems and odes
- Author
- CAMPBELL, WOLFE, COLLINS, BYRON, TENNYSON, MACKAY
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Son & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1856
- Keywords
- Poetry, Verse
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
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.
Glossary
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...