Richard Watson Dixon — Historical Odes and Other Poems

London, Smith, Elder, and Co, 1864. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of exciting historical poems, written by the English poet Richard Watson Dixon/ The first edition of this work. A collection of the historical poems of the English poet Richard Watson Dixon. Including the poems 'The Peninsular War', 'Waterloo', 'Sir John Franklin', and more. Dixon was an English poet and divine. This was the author's second published work, having published 'Christ's Company', in 1861. Bookplate to the front pastedown, 'James Main Dixon', a Scottish teacher who was an important scholar of the Scots language. He does not appear to be a relative of the author. Institutional label to the recto to the front endpaper, 'University Southern California&apos. Institutional blind stamp to the title page. Institutional stamp to the tail of the preface page. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Fading to the spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Front hinge is starting a little but remains firm. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Bookplate to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the occasional pencil mark to the margins. Institutional blind stamp to the title page. Institutional stamp to the tail of the preface page. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .