PATMORE, Coventry - Odes. (FIRST EDITION - PRESENTATION COPY - 1868)

AUTHOR: PATMORE, Coventry

TITLE: Odes.

PUBLISHER: Privately Printed, 1868.

DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., 46pp(i)., original printed wrappers, a genuine, complete copy, inscribed the author "John Leicester Warren with the respect of C. Patmore" at head of title.

CONDITION: Internally clean and bright, general handling to covers, spine with inked title, VERY GOOD, housed in cloth chemise.

REFERENCE: Hayward 264.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: "The first appearance of some of... Patmore's most important work. Only 250 copies were privately printed, of which Patmore, having sent some out privately, destroyed over a hundred of the remainder." The recipient of this copy, John Warren, 3rd Baron de Tabley (1835-1895) was a poet, botanist, numismatist and authority on bookplates.