Cowden Robert Editor (4 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Profiles of leading opera companies in 37 countries around the world. Lightly bumped, square and solid, clean and unmarked. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: Good. 1st edition. Cloth, G. xxiv+298pp, b/w frontis, attractive bevelled edge binding with deep blind stamped patterning, hinges weak, head of spine frayed, cloth rubbed, Ex Library with library numbers to the spine & occasional stamps inside, old library ticket [ with return dates of 1908 ], a good copy. The poetical works of James Beattie [1735 - 1803], a professor of Moral Philosophy who also wrote poems containing much beautiful descriptive writing. His most famous, the Minstrel, won him the favour of Johnson. Robert Blair, [1699 - 1746], Scottish poet wrote a single poem, The Grave, in blank verse. William Blake was inspired to produce 12 works to illustrate the poem. William Falconer [1732 - 1769], sailor & poet. His experience as a sailor helped him produce his most famous work 'The Shipwreck'. ironicaaly Flaconer was to die abourd the Aurora, which was lost with all hands of the Cape of Good Hope in 1769. 700 grams.

Cloth Hardback. Condition: Fine. 1st Printing W#1 in Line. A fine copy inscribed by the author on the front blank page in ink: "March 30, 1992 Chas - To an old friend with grateful thanks for your wonderful contributions to this book - Bob C." Probably signed to Charlene Chadwich whos name is lightly underlined in the acknowledgments. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 10" Tall. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 368 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.