Wolcot Dr John (3 results)

American first edition. viii, 70 pages. Hardcover; H 24.75cm x L 16.25cm. Tan dust jacket lightly soiled. Light yellow cloth with gilt stamped spine lettering. Poems selected and compiled by P.M. Zall. Foreword by A.L. Rowse. Peter Pindar was the pseudonym of Dr. John Wolcot (1738-1819). Past owner's ink signature and date on front free endpaper else a near fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket. ISBN 0872492516.…

Half Leather. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. Type: Book Three volume set.5 Raised bands some chipping and rubbing to bindings.Ex Library.Contemporary dedication on all three title pages.

Translated by H. T. Wade-Gery & C. M. Bowra. Pp. xlvi+166(last blank)+[2](colophon, blank), the pictorial title page and headpieces to Introduction and colophon engraved by Stephen Gooden, text within decorative borders, appendices; small f'cap. 8vo; white buckram over bevelled boards, spine lettered in gilt the spine lightly browned, also slightly bruised at foot; uncut, the top edges gilt on the rough, others uncut and occasionally partly unopened; within patterned papered slipcase, edges worn and split, with large damp stain to one side; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the free endpapers offset; The Nonesuch Press, London, 1928. Edition limited to 1550 numbered copies (500 for sale in America). McKitterick 53. *Peter Pindar was a persona created by Dr. John Wolcot (1738-1819), a Devon clergyman, physician, art critic and journalist. Many of his odes satirized George III, and his career rose and fell invrsely with the popularity of the King.…