Ball room votaries; or, canterbury and its vicinity
by [QUILLINAN, Edward]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1810. [3], vi-xiv, [1], 16-76pp. Without half-title. Later gilt-tooled dark green half-morocco, marbled boards, black morocco lettering-piece to upper board. A trifle rubbed. Leaves toned and spotted, some loss to FFEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title: 'For Miss Fletcher - from the author / (?) 14th Oct.' Later manuscript biographical and bibliographical notes in the hand of a descendent of the recipient of this copy to verso of FFEP. Occasional marginal references, in the hand of the author, to persons mentioned anonymously in the text - including Miss Fletcher (p.62). A revised and expanded edition of poet Edward Quillinan's (1791-1851) first published work, a series of verse satires affectionately lampooning Kent high society. Quillinan is perhaps best known as an avid defender of the poetry of William Wordsworth. Following Quillinan's retirement from the army and his move to the banks of the Rotha river, between Ambleside and Rydal in 1821, he struck up a close friendship with his famous poet neighbour. Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy were both godparents to the Quillinan's second child, named after the nearby river. Following the tragic death of the child's mother less than a year after Rothaâs birth, the two families became even closer. Wordsworth composed an epitaph to Jemima Quillinan, and after much initial opposition, was eventually to become Edwardâs father in law when he consented to allow Quillinan and his daughter Dora to marry, in 1841. Jackson p.335.. Second edition, with considerable alterations and additions. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ27420
- Title
- Ball room votaries; or, canterbury and its vicinity
- Author
- [QUILLINAN, Edward]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Second edition, with considerable alterations and additions
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for Henry Colburn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1810
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Poetry, Verse
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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.
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.
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Wareham, Dorset
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...