1860, ISBN: 9c6ca77d0d9928e18beb07e7bbd85090

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[PU: London, Edward Moxon.], CLASSICAL & OLD LITERATURE; POETRY, Thirteenth Edition. 16.5 x 10.5 cm. xii, 379 pages. Half Morocco with gilt decorations and title on spine. Marbled boards … More...

[PU: London, Edward Moxon.], CLASSICAL & OLD LITERATURE; POETRY, Thirteenth Edition. 16.5 x 10.5 cm. xii, 379 pages. Half Morocco with gilt decorations and title on spine. Marbled boards and end papers. Marbled edges. Good condition. Leather parts of binding very good, but boards seriously worn (see images). Marbled edges faded and worn. Binding good, but a few lose pages. Ex Libris ('Alan Francis Brooke') on front paste down. Signature of Victor A. Brooke dated January 22nd, 1863. Doodling opposite half-title. Verso of half title page inscribed with list of place names (e.g. Cairo, Bangalore, Madras etc.) and what appears to be a a list of hunted animals (e.g. Elephant, Tiger, Bears etc.). Signature of Victor Brooke again on title page, dated 'England 1864'. Small pencilled inscription on title page: 'I leave To alan'. Various comments, marks and lines in text. Coloured drawing of a green plant on page 142 with 'India' pencilled next to it. Handwritten poem (four verses) following the last printed page in the book. Coloured drawing of a stag on verso of rear free end paper. Ocassional foxing, dust dulling and minor soiling. A well loved book. Provenance: From the Library of Sir Alan Francis Brook, Field Marshal Alanbrooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke. From the Library of Victor A. Brooke, 3rd Baronet. Sir Victor Alexander Brooke, 3rd Baronet (1843 - 1891), was an Anglo-Irish naturalist and baronet. He was the father of Field Marshal Alan Brooke, and grandfather of Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, third Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. He was the son of Sir Arthur Brooke, 2nd Baronet, an Ulster aristocrat from County Fermanagh in the north of Ireland and succeeded to his title and the Colebrook estate in 1854. He studied at Harrow and then travelled abroad, being a keen sportsman who enjoyed big game hunting. He was a magistrate, deputy lieutenant and Sheriff of Fermanagh. Sprache: english.<

1908, ISBN: 9c6ca77d0d9928e18beb07e7bbd85090

London, Blackie, With an Introduction by Alice Meynell. (Reprinted). London, Blackie, (1908). Kl.-8vo (ca. 10,5:15 cm). Mit doppelblattgroßem Schmucktitel u. kl. Buchschmuck im Text, Druc… More...

London, Blackie, With an Introduction by Alice Meynell. (Reprinted). London, Blackie, (1908). Kl.-8vo (ca. 10,5:15 cm). Mit doppelblattgroßem Schmucktitel u. kl. Buchschmuck im Text, Druck in Schwarz u. Rot. XI, 278 S. Roter Or.-Leder mit Rückenprägung u. goldgeprägtem Medaillon auf dem Deckel, Kopfgoldschnitt, illustrierte Vorsätze; Kanten leicht berieben, Ecken u. Kapitale etwas bestoßen, oberes Kapital mit kl. Einrissen u. Fehlstellen. (Red Letter Library). Hübsche Ausgabe von Tennysons Gedichten. Das Medaillon auf dem Deckel zeigt zwei stilisierte Vögel auf einer Blumenwiese, die eine Rose "ansingen". - Serientitel mit zeitgenössischem Gescheintrag u. braunfleckig, sonst sauberes Exemplar.Literatur [Literatur; Lyrik] 1908 [4 Warenabbildungen bei antiquariat.de]<