Poems.
by Meredith, George
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Sm. London: Parker, [1851]. Sm. 8vo, (8), 159, [160]pp. Errata slip tipped in at the end. Original green cloth, backstrip faded to brown, ephemera tipped in at front with bookplate and pencil notes; neatly restored with cloth repair to backstrip and joints. Enclosed in a green moiré silk box. § First edition, first issue of the errata slip, with an ALS from Meredith dated Sept. 12, 1890 about this title and his other books. "It is a surprise to me to see verses of mine attracting notice and discussion. Our critics have usually a distaste for that which has not won the public. But I cannot agree with you in your generous remarks on my first volume..." The letter is signed by the recipient illegibly (possibly Jonathan Rees?), dated Cardiff Sep. 1890. Forman, Meredith 1; Hayward 270. The purported rarity of this volume, some 300 copies supposedly having been destroyed by the author, is perhaps belied by the wide institutional holdings and the current (7/2021) presence of no less than 5 copies for sale.
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- Bookseller
- John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 123065
- Title
- Poems.
- Author
- Meredith, George
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Parker
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1851]
- Size
- Sm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- First Edition
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- Bookplate
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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Tipped In
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- Cloth
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