Lot 291
Townshend, Chauncy Hare
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 October 2017 at 11:00 BST
£813
Description
The Weaver's Boy. London: Thomas Boys, 1825. Second edition, 12mo, inscribed to the title-page: "W. Harton, From the Author, 1829 / With those compared, oh sovereign Poesy! / Thy sister Powers' divided still how faint! / For each combines her attributes in thee,/ Whose voice is music, & whose words can paint.", with manuscript corrections and inserted slips to several poems, contemporary black embossed calf gilt, some slight soiling throughout, a little rubbing to covers