Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - WITH 12 ATTRACTIVE CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC PLATES -HAVERGAL (Frances Ridley, English religious poet and hymn writer, 1836-1879).Life chords comprising 'Zenith,' 'Loyal Responses,' and other poems. (London): James Nisbet & Co., 1881. 'Eighth thousand' i.e. second impression. xi, [1], 300 pp. Illustrated with 12 chromolithographic plates with tissue guards including frontispiece by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son after Helga von Cramm. Dark green cloth binding, with gilt lettering and decoration to upper cover and spine, and black impressed decoration and lettering. All edges gilt. Size: 8vo (20.8cm x 15cm).Very Good to Good condition. Some generally light scattered foxing to text, but not to plates, which are clean and free of foxing. Light rubbing to edges and corners of binding and to head and foot of spine. A few very minor blemishes to boards. Rear hinge just starting, though binding remains solid. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.The attractive chromolithographic plates in this scarce volume of collected poetry are mainly of mountain and landscape scenes in Europe and the Britis Isles, plus a couple of portraits of the author at different stages in her rather short life. key words:
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Binding: Cloth
Place of Publication: London
Non-Fiction Subject: Literature, Poetry & Criticism
Publisher: James Nisbet
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: Baroness Helga von Cramm
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Fiction Subject: Poetry, Theatre & Scripts
Author: Frances Ridley Havergal
Original/Reproduction: Original
Region: Europe
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
