The Farmer's Boy; A Rural Poem. By Robert Bloomfield. The Third Edition. / Rural Tales, Ballads, And Song: By Robert Bloomfield, Author of The Farmer's Boy. / The Shipwreck. By William Falconer. The Sixth Edition, Corrected.

BLOOMFIELD, Robert / FALCONER, William .:

Published by London: Printed for Vernor And Hood; And Sold by T C Rickman et al MDCCC / 1802 / Printed for T Cadell in the Strand MDCCLXXXV 1785, 1800

About this Item

Three titles bound together. A very good full leather binding. 8vo. pp.32/[2pp.]/pp.128/pp.12/[7pp.]/pp.147. Old tree calf leather boards, rebacked with a later light brown leather spine. Corners rubbed and bumped. Spine with 4 raised bands, gilt decorated compartments and green leather title label: "The Farmer's Boy - Bloomfield". 2 book plates to verso of the front board: (i.) "From the Library of Anne Renier and F. G. Renier"; (II.) James Elsden Everard. Also (to verso front board): Small Binder's label: "T. Miller, Binder, High Street, Lynn." Inner hinges carefully strengthened. Clear English text throughout. 10 engravings present in"The Farmer's Boy"; Engraved portrait frontis (foxed) to "Rural Tales, Ballads, And Song". Printed title to "The Shipwreck." also foxed. An unusual collection of works with an interesting provenance. VG. ** Family history records show James Elsden Everard (1801 - 1869) of Congham, Norfolk .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Farmer's Boy; A Rural Poem. By Robert Bloomfield. The Third Edition. / Rural Tales, Ballads, And Song: By Robert Bloomfield, Author of The Farmer's Boy. / The Shipwreck. By William Falconer. The Sixth Edition, Corrected.
• Publisher: London: Printed for Vernor And Hood; And Sold by T C Rickman et al MDCCC / 1802 / Printed for T Cadell in the Strand MDCCLXXXV 1785
• Publication Date: 1800
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • LITERATURE::19TH CENTURY