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Poems of the East.: >>Oriental Romanticism<<
by Leigh Hunt, James Russell Lowell & Matthew Arnold
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
63, [1] printed pages. Title page printed in red and black with printed decorative flower wreath surrounding title; "Sesame Booklets" printed at head of title. Includes portrait of bearded man wearing a headwrap as frontispiece. Includes poems by Leigh Hunt, James Russell Lowell, R.C. Trench, and Matthew Arnold. Sesame Booklets, number 38. Art nouveau style headpieces at the top of each page. Untrimmed leaves. 70 x 97mm. Publisher's brown embossed oilskin cloth with black striations. Front cover with red and gilt art nouveau border and gilt block lettering, "Poems of the East" on the front and down the spine. Hunt was close friends with John Keats and Percy Shelley whose poems were characterized as being less philosophical than other Romantic poets, more light-hearted and uplifting. Lowell was an American Romantic poet, one of the New England fireside poets. Arnold was a major Victorian poet. Not in Welsh. OCLC, 1037948540. WorldCat locates 3 copies worldwide (Texas Tech, Iowa, & Adelaide University Libraries).
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- Bookseller
- Camden Lock Books, ABA, IOBA.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5407
- Title
- Poems of the East.
- Author
- Leigh Hunt, James Russell Lowell & Matthew Arnold
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harrap, G.G. & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London, Calcutta, Sydney.
- Date Published
- 1900
- Pages
- 63, [1] printed pages.
- Size
- 70 x 97mm.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Miniature, Miniature Books , Miniature Book, MINI-LIVRES, MINITURE BOOKS, MINIATUR-AUSGABE, Poetry, Orientalism, Romanticism,
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Camden Lock Books, ABA, IOBA.
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About the Seller
Camden Lock Books, ABA, IOBA.
Biblio member since 2019
London, London
About Camden Lock Books, ABA, IOBA.
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I also am joint owner of Burley Fisher Books , an independent bookshop offering new and secondhand books.
My book expertise came with four years as Chairman of London P.B.F.A. , many more years of exhibiting at monthly London Rare Book Fairs & owning my own bookshops continuously since 1984.
Every book here was valued by the person who first bought it and will be just as prized by the person who buys it now from my shopping website.
I am an accredited professional & a full member of the ABA, ILAB and the IOBA, "Setting the standard. The books you want...from booksellers you can trust".
You can meet me on my stand at Firsts 2024, London's Rare Book Fair, at the Saatchi Gallery, London SW3 4RY, 16-19 May 2024.
I also am joint owner of Burley Fisher Books , an independent bookshop offering new and secondhand books.
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