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xii+333+(1, errata); main text-block generally clean, tight and unmarked, the odd brown spot or slightly chipped edge being about the sum of its faults; front end-paper has early inscription 'Lord Chamberlains Office' across top and pencilled name 'Donne' to centre for no apparent reason, both sides edge-tanned, short closed nick bottom edge, small early printed number label '23' top front pastedown,rear gutter opening, main problem however is that front cover virtually detached and retained by rather crude yellow adhesive paper tape strip down front gutter, this can I think be removed for proper restoration purposes; covers clean but corner rubbed and edge-darkened, panelled has spine ends chipped across below head binder, small label present but all somewhat faded or rubbed, gilt '23' to bottom. The short-lived Henderson was a briefly a prominent figure and admired actor and figure in the London theatre, and book contains references to, and correspondence with, Garrick. There are actually rather few poems, these usually being embedded in letters. Uncommon. As an irrelevant but curious aside I spotted, in a footnote to Preface p.x, in defence of publishing Henderson's poetry, the inclusion of poems by 'black women' in a list of those whose verse should not pester the public. Seller Inventory # 011991
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