Description: Really beautiful unique rebound cover for this first edition of "Ballades, Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, &c.," edited by Gleeson White in 1887. Contains the first appearance (in this form) of "Of Lovelace" "Two Rondels" by George Moore [Gilcher B4], "Theocritus" by Oscar Wilde, and contributions by Robert Bridges, Arthur Symons, Austin Dobson, W. E. Henley, Justin Mc Carthy, John Payne, Edmund Gosse, George Macdonald et al.With an extensive Index, and an Introduction with over 50 pages. In the Preface Gleeson states " 'This anthology is chosen entirely from poems written in the traditional fixed forms. So far as I know, this collection is the first of its sort." FFE foxed, but rest of book quite bright and clear. Spine ends slightly bumped. Nice book in a really gorgeous binding.
Price: 65 USD
Location: Decatur, Georgia
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Shipping Cost: 6.25 USD
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Publisher: Walter Scott
Topic: Poetry
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Year Printed: 1887
