Sale 626: Fine Literature, Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror - Daryl Litchfield Collection of Arkham House & H.P. Lovecraft (#626) 10/05/2017 11:00 AM PDT CLOSED!

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15th century poetry by an 18th century youth  

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$960
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$2,000 - $3,000

Title:
Poems, Supposed to Have Been Written at Bristol, by Thomas Rowley, and Others in the Fifteenth Century

Author:
[Chatterton, Thomas]

Place:
London

Publisher:
T. Payne and Son

Date:
1777

Description:

xxviii, 307 pp. (8vo) 22.5x13.5 cm (9x5¼") original paper-backed boards, edges untrimmed. First Edition.

Second state, with leaf C4 a cancel. Rowley was the literary creation of the very young Thomas Chatterton, writing in the guise of a 15th Century monk. Chatterton committed suicide by poison in 1770 at the age of 17. He became a heroic tragic figure in Romantic art. Very rare in the original untrimmed state.


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Condition:
Small label on front, spine with faint old hand lettering, boards worn; early owner's name on title page, some foxing; very good.


 
Item number:
286493
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