Description: Reliques of Ancient English Poetry. Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs and other Pieces of our Earlier Poets, Together with some few of later Date, the Fourth Edition, in four volumes, serviceable binding early 20th, Printed for John Nichols, London, 1794, 8vo. In good condition. Light dryness along edges and corners. Light soiling to surface of cloth boards. Fresh endpapers. Text blocks in nice shape with light toning, nominal foxing. Free of marginalia. Bindings tight and intact. A nice set! Please see photos. The complete three volumes of Thomas Percy’s influential poetry collection. This work was responsible for the ballad revival in English poetry which later became a significant part of the Romantic movement. Contains a copious one hundred and eighty ballads. George Winter, English and Foreign Bookseller book receipt from January 1911 made out to Phillip W. Waddell Smith Esq. Waddell Smith was an Electrical Engineer and Vice President of the Standard Underground Cable Company of Sewickley, Pennsylvania. He was one of the founders of 1898 of the Order of Runnemede. COLL1794FKLG
Price: 350 USD
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Year Printed: 1794
Topic: Poetry
Binding: 3/4 Leather
Author: Thomas Percy
Subject: Poetry
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: John Nichols
Place of Publication: London
Special Attributes: Fourth Edition
