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Gilpin, Henry.
Miscellaneous Poems by Henry Gilpin [inscribed by the author].
Publisher: Longman, Green, and Co., John Hare, London and Newcastle;
Date of Publication: 1863
Stock Code: 15297
[First edition]. Octavo, pp., [6], iv, 278. Publisher’s wavy-grain olive cloth; titled to spine; blind stamped floral design to boards; edges sprinkled red; citron end-papers. Inscribed from the author on title-page ‘Mrs Sumper[?] // With the best wishes of the author // Henry Gilpin // Mar 1878.’ Corners bumped and rubbed; spine faded; lower hinge cracked but holding; otherwise square. Toning commensurate with age to contents. A solid, very serviceable copy. A scarce volume of occasional poetry by an obscure Newcastle poet. Subjects within include slavery (which is firmly abolitionist), Florence Nightingale, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Tintern Abbey, and the Grainger family. £75.00