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Edité par W. P. Grant, Cambridge [UK], 1842
Vendeur : About Books, Henderson, NV, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : Good condition. We ship 2 volumes for cost of 1 (illustrateur). First Edition Thus. Cambridge [UK]: W. P. Grant, 1842. 2 volumes, complete. Good condition. A sound reading/reference set. NOT library discards. NO loose pages. The two volumes are uniformly bound in the original gilt-stamped brown cloth. Spine ends and hinges are chipped, more so in volume 1. Corners are moderately worn. Internal condition is Very Good. MDCCCXLII [1842]. First Edition Thus. Each volume is signed in ink by B. Archer-Burton, probably Burton Archer-Burton of Rockstone Place, Southampton, Hampshire, England (cited in Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition). Vol. 1 includes THE LIFE OF THOMAS CHATTERTON, a 134-page biography which according to Kennedy/Halkett & Laing was written by C. B. Willcox. Illustrations include fold-out plates/facsimile letters. "Edmund Malone pronounced Chatterton to be, in his opinion, the greatest genius that England had produced since Shakespeare it was almost a miracle that a youth could have written such poetry with all the difficulty of metre and diction." -- Whitehead [p. 17, in THIS SOLEMN MOCKERY]. Full title: "The Poetical Works of Thomas Chatterton with Notices of His Life, History of the Rowley Controversy, A Selection of His Letters, and Notes Critical and Explanatory." Not in Warren [ROWLEY CONTROVERSY TO 1882]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good condition. Illus. by We ship 2 volumes for cost of 1. 2 volumes: 728pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.