Poetical Works and remains of Henry Kirke White; With Life by R. Southey
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1858. F'cap octavo : pp. [xlviii] 340 : frontis portrait and 4 full page plates with loose tissue guards : blue silk ribbon : chocolate brown endpapers : all edges gilt : elaborately blocked leather boards with bevelled edges and gilt lettering : five raised bands and gilt lettering to the spine. Top joint starting at the head for 4cm; corners and joints rubbed, 1cm dent to top edge of top board; previous owner name in brown ink dated 1860 on f.f.e.p.; very small (13mm x 7mm) blind stamp of booksellers Wight & Bailey Promenade Cheltenham. Item #15939
A devout young poet of promise who died of consumption at the age of twenty-one in 1806. Kirke-White's output was quite prodigious and some of his hymns are still sung today.
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