Description: Click here to see our other books! Ballads and Poems A Reading of Earth and Modern Love; A Reprint to which is added The Sage Enamoured and the Honest Lady George Meredith 1887-1892 Macmillan and Co : London 7" by 5" 160; (vi), 136; 107pp SUMMARY A uniformly bound collection of poetical anthologies from prolific Victorian poet George Meredith. First Edition,Original Binding Overall Condition: Very Good This book weighs 1 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 22.99 EU Postage: £ 16.99 European Postage: £ 17.99 Asia Postage: £ 22.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 28.99 DESCRIPTION A collection of work by the poet George Meredith. Both Ballads and Poems and A Reading of Earth are first editions. Modern Love is a collection of 50 16-line sonnets about the failure of his first marriage. He reflects his own disillusionment after his wife Mary Ellen, the daughter of Thomas Love Peacock, left him for the painter Henry Wallis. It is often thought of as one of the first psychological poems. Each volume is adorned with decorative endpapers. CONDITION In original cloth bindings with gilt lettering to the spines. Neat copperplate ink inscription to the endpaper of each volume. Externally, each volume is sound, though a little rubbed with some bumping. Internally, all volumes are generally firmly bound and bright, though with occasional instances of light foxing. Overall Condition: Very Good GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques
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Author: George Meredith
Binding: Cloth
Fiction Subject: Poetry
Non-Fiction Subject: None
Language: English
Year Printed: 1887
Place of Publication: London
Weight: 1.0000
Special Attributes: None
Original/Facsimile: Original
Publisher: Macmillan and Co
Illustrator: None
Original/Reproduction: Original
