The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler: With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes, By the Rev. George Gilfillan (2 Volume Set)
James Nichol, 1854. First Edition. Leather Binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (thin). Very Good / No Jacket. Item #L073925
Slight rubbing to covers (leather over boards; chiefly to lower edges); previous owner's printed paper label on front attached endpaper of both volumes; slight internal browning and/or foxing (chiefly to edges). xxvi, 258; vi, 297 pages. Title on spines: Butler's Poetical Works. Additional imprint information (on both title pages): London: James Nisbet and Company; Dublin: W. Robertson. Includes the Reverend Gilfillan's biography of Butler, plus a list of variant readings and additions to 'Hudibras' (at rear of volume 2). BMC, volume 4, page 805, column 1221; printed in Scotland (by Ballantyne, Edinburgh). 2 volumes complete; bound uniformly in 3/4 dark green morocco over red-brown cockerell boards, gilt-stamped and decorated spines, matching cockerell edges and endpapers. In supplied clear mylar protective jackets.
Price: $125.00