Serbski Pesma; or, National Songs of Servia (with autograph letter from Lord Lytton)

Owen Meredith (pseud Edward Robert Bulwer, Lord Lytton)

Verlag: Chapman and Hall, London, 1861

Beschreibung

First edition. Slim 12mo. in original light brown pebbled cloth stamped in gilt. Deep green endpapers. Half-title, title, 142 pp, printers colophon. Tipped in at the front free endpaper is a 8 line handwritten note on Knebworth House, Stevenage note paper, dated Oct. 27th, 1886. It reads: "My dear Sir,/ In reply to your letter of the 24th Sept, I beg to place at your servicefor publication in the Independent, if you desire it, the enclosed poem;which thought writen 18 years ago, has never been published./ Yours truly/ Lytton". The note is clear and bright, shallow fold along one edge so as to fit within the boards of the book. The book itself is tight, internally clean with some occasional light foxing. The boards are faded to a light tan with the gilt title stamping to the front cover faint, shallow wear at the spine extremities. The main piece appearing here is "The Battle of Kosovo" followed by a collection of shorter "Popular Or Domestic Pesmas". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers E18441B

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Serbski Pesma; or, National Songs of Servia ...

Verlag: Chapman and Hall, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1861

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers

Auflage: First edition.