SONGS OF A WAYFARER
by (PICKERING IMPRINT). HOME, WYVILLE F
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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McMinnville, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: William Pickering, 1878. FIRST EDITION. 180 x 115 mm. (7 x 4 1/2"). xi, 222 pp.
Attractive late 19th century brown crushed morocco, gilt, covers framed by plain and decorative rules, raised bands, spine compartments with central star ornament, gilt titling, turn-ins with multiple plain and decorative rules, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Printer's device on title page. Front pastedown with pictorial copper-engraved bookplate of "J. J. H." by W. F. Hopson, dated 1898 (see below); front flyleaf with pencilled note, "May 1, 1880." ◆A breath of rubbing to extremities, a touch of yellowing to edges of leaves, otherwise A VERY FINE COPY, with few signs of use inside or out.
This is a handsome copy of the first work of Scottish poet F. Wyville Home (b. 1851), which anthologist Alfred Henry Miles tells us "was received with expressions of commendation such as seldom greet the appearance of an initial volume." However, "The Spectator," his "uncommon gift of melody," feared the "deadly mischief" of poems like "Art and the Creeds" and Nature and the Creeds" that extol the virtues of the Arts and Sciences over faith and religion. Home published two more volumes of verse and provided the lyrics for several choral works before fading from view in the early 20th century. The excellent binding here is unsigned, but is clearly the work of an accomplished craftsman. The bookplate is by an American engraver, which may indicate an American provenance and binding. A catalogue of the bookplates by William Fowler Hopson (1849-1935) does not give us the identity of "J. H. H." Hopson did belong to the Grolier Club, whose members also included publisher J. Henry Harper; the binding and condition here certainly suggest the ownership of a discerning bibliophile..
Attractive late 19th century brown crushed morocco, gilt, covers framed by plain and decorative rules, raised bands, spine compartments with central star ornament, gilt titling, turn-ins with multiple plain and decorative rules, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Printer's device on title page. Front pastedown with pictorial copper-engraved bookplate of "J. J. H." by W. F. Hopson, dated 1898 (see below); front flyleaf with pencilled note, "May 1, 1880." ◆A breath of rubbing to extremities, a touch of yellowing to edges of leaves, otherwise A VERY FINE COPY, with few signs of use inside or out.
This is a handsome copy of the first work of Scottish poet F. Wyville Home (b. 1851), which anthologist Alfred Henry Miles tells us "was received with expressions of commendation such as seldom greet the appearance of an initial volume." However, "The Spectator," his "uncommon gift of melody," feared the "deadly mischief" of poems like "Art and the Creeds" and Nature and the Creeds" that extol the virtues of the Arts and Sciences over faith and religion. Home published two more volumes of verse and provided the lyrics for several choral works before fading from view in the early 20th century. The excellent binding here is unsigned, but is clearly the work of an accomplished craftsman. The bookplate is by an American engraver, which may indicate an American provenance and binding. A catalogue of the bookplates by William Fowler Hopson (1849-1935) does not give us the identity of "J. H. H." Hopson did belong to the Grolier Club, whose members also included publisher J. Henry Harper; the binding and condition here certainly suggest the ownership of a discerning bibliophile..
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- Bookseller
- Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ST13075d
- Title
- SONGS OF A WAYFARER
- Author
- (PICKERING IMPRINT). HOME, WYVILLE F
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Publisher
- William Pickering
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1878
- Keywords
- Pickering
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About the Seller
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
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McMinnville, Oregon
About Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books an Manuscripts was established in 1978 on a ping pong table in a basement in Kalamazoo, Michigan. From the beginning, its founder was willing to sell a range of material, but over the years, the business has gravitated toward historical artifacts that are physically attractive in some way--illuminated material, fine bindings, books printed on vellum, fore-edge paintings, beautiful typography and paper, impressive illustration. Today, the company still sells a wide range of things, from (scruffy) ninth century leaves to biblical material from all periods to Wing and STC imprints to modern private press books to artists' bindings. While we are forgiving about condition when something is of considerable rarity, we always try to obtain the most attractive copies possible of whatever we offer for sale.
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