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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824. In two volumes. [3], vi-xvii, [3], 285, [1]; [4], 294pp. Without half-titles. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. The sole edition of hymn writer and poet James Montgomery's (1771-1854) collected prose; a diverse selection comprised of essays, devotional short stories, and journal extracts, including a narrative of juvenile delinquency in London, a brief life of a flower (told from the perspective of the plant), and a fictional account of a Christian missionary in Africa. . First edition.
Prose by a Poet. by [MONTGOMERY (James)]
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London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824. 2 vols., First Edition, 12mo, with the signature and stamp of Robert Montgomery of Convoy on the titles, xvii, [3], 285, [1]; [4], 294 pp., cont. half calf, hinges staring, spines gilt, a good copy. Miscellaneous essays including "Old Women.", "Juvenile Delinquency.", "The Moon and the Stars.", "A Modest Confession.", "War and Peace.", "An African Valley.", etc.
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