The Poetical Works of William Falconer. (With the Life of William Falconer by the Rev. John Mitford).

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London: Bell and Daldy 1866. Sm. 8vo. Orig. gilt-dec. full dark burgundy morocco (spine slightly faded). Spine gilt-titled and with raised bands. Inside dentelles. A.e.g. (xl 240pp.). With title-vign. dec. initials dec. chapter headings and illust. tail-pieces. (Aldine Editions). Some foxing to prelims and endpapers and slight stains to pp.63-66 from the red ribbon marker otherwise a fine copy. Adorned under the gilt of the fore-edge is a painting of a fleet of sailing ships leaving a harbour (possibly London) in tones of blue pink and yellow.