Hamlyn Harvey Editor (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Leather Binding. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Wear to spine edge of upper cover (chiefly at head of spine; splitting); slight rubbing to covers (leather over boards; chiefly to edges); slight scuffing to top edge of upper cover (boards); slight dampstaining and warping to few leaves (including front and rear free endpapers and preliminaries; chiefly at top edges); previous owner's pencil inscription (signature/date) on first preliminary leaf; slight internal browning to edges. xiv, [2], 142 pages. Includes love poetry in the English language from nearly 5 centuries; contributors include both Brownings (Elizabeth Barrett and Robert), Byron, Herrick, Landor, Marlowe, Christina Rossetti, Shelley, Tennyson, Wordsworth, and others; also notable for uncredited English translations of 5 poems by Hafiz. Editor's foreword (uncredited); copyright date of 1926 on title page verso. Bound in 3/4 red-brown leather over blue marbled boards by Brentano's, New York, gilt-stamped spine with raised bands and decorations in gilt and black, covers ruled gilt, light blue-gray endpapers, t.e.g., remaining edges untrimmed. Nice, tight copy internally.…