William Shenstone; Ian A. Gordon [ed.] — Shenstone&Apos;S Miscellany 1759-1763

Oxford , Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1952. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this anthology of miscellaneous poems by William Shenstone edited by Ian A Gordon, complete with vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. A miscellany of eighteenth century poetry printed from a manuscript discovered by the editor Ian A. Gordon, first edition of this work. Collected and transcribed by William Shenstone and later annotated by Bishop Percy. William Shenstone was an English poet, one of the earliest practitioners of landscape gardening through his estate 'The Leasowes.' Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, library shelf number inscribed to spine. County Library bookplate to front free endpaper, with discreet stamps to copyright page, evidence of the removal of a sicker to rear free endpaper, occasional pencil marginal annotation to leaves. Dust wrapper unclipped and generally smart with minor shelf wear, chipped to head of spine and wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Few minor spots to first few leaves, pages otherwise bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.