A COLLECTION OF 14 VOLUMES - SOME FIRST EDITIONS - ONE SIGNED - SEE BELOW.

ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822-1888)

Published by London. Smith Elder, Eversley, Macmillan. 1870-1898., 1870

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14 volumes various sizes of octavo- very handsomely leather bound in half morocco for Hatchards. Top edges gilt. Titles- St. Paul and Protestantism, first edition 1870 (SIGNED ON THE ENDPAPER 'FROM THE AUTHOR'). Celtic Literature, first edition 1867. Culture and Anarchy, first edition 1869. Literature and Dogma, third edition 1873. God and the Bible, first edition 1875. Last Essays on Church and Religion, first edition 1877. Mixed Essays, second edition 1880. 3 volumes of poetry Early Narrative Poems, Lyric and Elegiac, Dramatic and later Poems, the Eversley series 1895. 2 volumes Essays in Criticism, the Eversley series 1896 and 1898. Discourses in America, Eversley edition 1896. Friendship's Garland, second edition 1897. A HANDSOME UNIFORMLY LEATHER BOUND COLLECTION. The first volume on St. Paul has been erroneously dated on the binding 1890 instead of 1870. Bookplate of Sir William Eden, Bart. Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the celebrated headmaster of Rugby School. He has been characterised as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social issues. He was also an inspector of schools for thirty-five years, and supported the concept of state-regulated secondary education.

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• Title: A COLLECTION OF 14 VOLUMES - SOME FIRST EDITIONS - ONE SIGNED - SEE BELOW.
• Publisher: London. Smith Elder, Eversley, Macmillan. 1870-1898.
• Publication Date: 1870
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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