John A. Brain — Berkshire Ballads and Other Papers
Reading , Thomas Thorp, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A posthumously published collection of the papers and lectures of John A. Brain. The volume commences with the title lecture and then follows a series of lectures on various figures; An Evening with Thomas Noon Talfourd; and two Reading Worthies: John Cennick - Poet and Preacher; and James Merrick - Poet and Scholar. First edition. Scarce. In a full cloth binding. Externally, sound with just some slight bumping to extremities. Boards are marked and spine is faded. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean throughout. Good . Ill.: None. Good/Very Good Indeed.