England's helicon : reprinted from the edition of 1600 with additional poems from the edition of 1614.

A. B. ; Macdonald, H.

Verlag: Printed for Frederick Etchells and Hugh Macdonald (haslewood Books) at the Shakespeare Head Press, London, first edition thus, 1925, 1925

Beschreibung

Limited edition, this being one of 900 numbered copies from a total edition of 950. Cloth, 8vo, 24cm. ix, 256 pp. A page for page reprint of the first edition of 1600 of this collection of poetry, paging being supplied, and including 9 additional poems from the edition of 1614. "Ascribed, with other Elizabethan miscellanies, to John Bodenham, who probably projected the work and befriended the editor, the "A. B." (as yet unidentified) who signed the dedication and prefatory sonnet in the first edition. More recently ascribed to Nicholas Ling."- attribution from the Leeds University Library catalogue notes. Copy No. 949. Inscribed by Hugh McDonald (the co-editor and co-publisher) to Helena Stephenson* on the front free endpaper and dated 12.1.29. Elegant 'Golden Type' booklabel of Kelmscott House, Hammersmith on front pastedown endpaper. A Very Good unopened copy. [*Marion Helena Stephenson née Deverell (1885-1972) lived at Kelmscott House from 1926 to 1972. Hugh Macdonald, later well-known as the bibliographer of Dryden, went into partnership with Frederick Etchells to produce finely printed works as the Haslewood Press, 1924-1931. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-52797

Bibliografische Details

Titel: England's helicon : reprinted from the ...

Verlag: Printed for Frederick Etchells and Hugh Macdonald (haslewood Books) at the Shakespeare Head Press, London, first edition thus, 1925

Erscheinungsdatum: 1925

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: 1. Auflage