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OFFERED HERE FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE IS THIS FABULOUS LEATHER BOUND VOLUME: "LYRICS OF THE HEART". THE AUTHOR IS ALARIC ALEXANDER WATTS, 1797 - 1864. HE WAS BORN IN LONDON. FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1851, THIS BOOK WAS PUBLISHED IN 1853 IN PHILADELPHIA BY A. E. BUTLER AND COMPANY. WATTS WAS A JOURNALIST AND EDITOR AND FOUNDED MORE THAN ONE NEWSPAPER. THIS VOLUME IS ONE OF TWO BOOKS OF POETY WRITTEN BY HIM. THE BOOK IS HALF LEATHER BOUND. IT IS 244 PAGES IN LENGTH. THE OUTER BOARDS ARE MARBLED. THE SPINE HAS 5 RAISED BANDS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ENGRAVINGS. THE PAGE EDGES ARE GILDED. THINGS TO MENTION WITH RESPECT TO CONDITION.... THE VOLUME IS STILL TIGHTLY BOUND AND OVERALL THE PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN. THERE IS WEAR TO THE LEATHER ON THE BOARDS INCLUDING WHAT LOOKS TO BE A TEAR OF THE THIN OUTER LAYER OF SKIN ABOUT AN INCH IN LENGTH AND MINISCULE TO ABOUT HALF AN INCH WIDE ON THE UPPER FRONT CORNER. THE BOARD CORNERS ARE WORN AND BUMPED. THE GUTTERS SHOW THE BEGINNINGS OF CRACKLING...MINOR BUT TO BE MENTIONED. THE MARBLING SEEMS TO BE DARKENED WITH AGE AND HANDLING...DO NOT KNOW IS THIS IS CLEANABLE. THERE IS OFFSETTING ON PAGES NEAR TO THE ENGRAVINGS. THERE IS FOXING ON THE BEGINNING AND ENDING PAGES OF THE BOOK. THIS WOULD MAKE A WONDERFUL GIFT...IF...YOU CAN GIVE IT UP! HAPPY BIDDING!
flute master
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