Nature-poems And Others.
£45.00
Publisher
Printed by Lewis Hepworth and Morriss, Ltd. And to be had at the Grosvenor Library.
Place
Tunbridge Wells
Date
1893
Synopsis
By thomas edwards, minister of salem chapel, tunbridge wells.
Item Description
8vo. 7 x 5.5 inches. [2] + 52 pp. All text within borders. Bound in original brown cloth with black titles. Patterned endpapers. A little wear to extremities, including corners and head and tail of spine; Rear hinge starting to crack, but otherwise a very good copy. Decorated by tailpiece vignettes. Scarce Tunbridge Wells imprint. A collection of nature poetry by Thomas Edwards (1845-1928), minister of the Salem Chapel, Tunbridge Well who built the Chapel in 1866. It was demolished in 1935 and replaced by a bus garage. For the detailed entry of the Lewis Hepworth business (the partnership with Morriss, 1893-94 was short-lived), see R. J. Goulden, A Biographical Dictionary of Those Engaged in the Book Trade in Kent 1750-1900, Volume ! (2014).
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