Regimental Rhymes and Other Verses (B. R. (Captain) ..., Gisborne in Gisborne, Gisborne for sale

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Some staining and rubbing to boards.; First UK edition. Scarce, WorldCat shows only a couple of copies in libraries. A Calcutta edition was also published in the same year. [xii], 75 pages. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on front board. Page dimensions: 183 x 132mm. Floral pattern endpapers. Title leaf is a cancel. Preface is dated Ootacamund, 1893. Includes a 2 page poem on Egar Allan Poe:"Still his wild fantastic measures / Full of Music's mystic treasures, / Shall ring out, and yet their echo / Shall resound for evermore; / And our hearts shall throb with gladness, / And our souls be filled with sadness, / And the wild poetic madness / Of the bard of Baltimore [. . .]"Other poem titles include: The Union Brigade; Speech of Sergeant Smith; The Royal Scots; Charley Napier. Includes a section of Sonnet Translations (e.g."A Night Scene Before Troy") and a section of Sonnet Studies and Sketches, and a short prose essay,"Art and War". Provenance: Hardwicke Knight, but without any of Knight's owner's marks. [Seller Ref: KnightCol] ; 16mo
Regimental Rhymes and Other Verses (B. R. (Captain) [Bernard Rowland] (Kentish Rag) Ward)
Author
B. R. (Captain) [Bernard Rowland] (Kentish Rag) Ward
Title
Regimental Rhymes and Other Verses
Publisher name
Gale&Polden [1893], London
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1893
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Very good
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
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Key words
Literature
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