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Verlag: A. Fullarton ca. 1850, London & Edinburgh, 1850
Anbieter: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Kanada
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. lxxi, 187 p. 19 cm. Frontispiece portrait and engraved title page vignette. Green cloth with blank and gold impressing. Bevelled edges. Corners bumped, tears in spine ends, rubbing to cloth. Front hinge stiff. Signature on front free endpaper. Scottish poet of labouring class origin. Known as the 'Weaver Poet', he wrote poetry in English and lyrics in Scots. Composing as he worked at the loom, he created tales, fables, epitaphs, verse epistles, and odes, besides the body of dialect song for which he is best remembered. Poverty is a frequent theme in his work, including that brought about by the Napoleonic Wars for returning soldiers and sailors or their widows. He died in 1810 by suicide.
Verlag: Archibald Fullerton and Co., Glasgow, 1838
Anbieter: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. lxxi + 187pp, bound in half calf with original marbled boards, gilt decorated spine, title label inset on black morocco, gilt lettered, marbled endpaper, top edge gilt, very good condition, Archibald Fullerton and Co., Glasgow, 1838.