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Festival of Song: A Series of Evenings With the Poets Author: Saunders, Frederick Title: Festival of Song: A Series of Evenings With the Poets Publication: New York: Bunce & Huntington, 1866 Edition: 1st Edition Description: Full-Leather. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo., xiv, 376pp, Beautiful First Edition, bound in publisher's pebbled brown leather. Boards with embossed designs and borders with gilt stamped titles on both front and back. Spine with five raised bands with compartment decoration similar to boards. Titles in gilt in second compartment. Gilt board edges and gilt decorated turn-ins. a.e.g. Marbled end-papers. 73 "...pictures, by memebers of the national Academy of Design. Engraved by Bobbett & Hooper". Square, tight and clean throughout with no foxing or interior blemishes. Page edges only just starting to tone but barely. Gentle rubbing to spine ends and tips a few quite minor scuffs to boards. Contemporary ownership signatures on front paste-down and end-paper. One in the year of publication and the other in 1874. Very well-preserved. Anthology of excerpts from poems from well-known, and not so well-known pets through the ages, as well as accompanying commentary. A simply gorgeous collectable copy. Seller ID: 009154 Subject: Anthology/Short Stories, Fine Binding/Decorative, Poetry 35 Plus years buying and selling collectable books. Member ABAA, ILAB, IOBA. An eclectic mix of good books specializing in Sci-Fi, Mystery, General Antiquarian, Books About Books, Signed First Editions, Vintage Paperbacks, Modern Fiction and many, many others. Prompt, professional customer service, always! Please excuse any glare or reflections in the pictures. Books I know; photography not so much. I will answer any questions regarding condition if pictures are unclear. All books are stored in a temperature controlled library in a smoke free home. All books are professionally packed and shipped and all jacketed books will come with an archival Brodart jacket protector. Thank you for looking. Terms All orders ship within one business day. Standard mail is USPS Media Mail. We offer combined shipping on multiple orders. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
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