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    By William Barnes
    London   The Folio Society
    10" by 6.5" xii, 83, [1]pp.
    First edition of this beautifully bound poetry collection from the Dorset poet.
    By William Barnes

    1989 Dorset Poems

    London   The Folio Society
    10" by 6.5" xii, 83, [1]pp.
    First edition of this beautifully bound poetry collection from the Dorset poet.
    £45.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 996B19
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    First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

    First edition.

    In publisher's original cloth binding with moire silk boards and marbled endpapers.

    Featuring numerous engravings by the author.

    With an introduction by Peter Levi.

    From William Barnes, the nineteenth-century "Dorset poet", who wrote over 800 poems in his lifetime, many of which notably use the Dorset dialect. This edition includes both the original texts and modern-English translations by Pauline Tennant. Including "Wold Friends a-Met", "The Girt Woak Tree that's in the Dell" and "Hope a-Left Behind", among others.

    Condition

    In publisher's original cloth binding with moire silk boards and marbled endpapers. Externally, only minor bumping and rubbing and a few faint marks, otherwise pristine. Internally, firmly bound. Very bright and clean throughout.

    Near Fine

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