Tales of the hall

by George Crabbe, Rev

$225 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

London: John Murray, 1819. First edition, 2 vols., 8vo, pp. iii -xxiv, 326; iii -viii, 353, 1 ; occasional foxing but generally a very good set in contemporary half polished green calf over green cloth, cloth embossed with a leafy motif; half-titles not preserved. Crabbe was famous in his day and lead a charmed life, but his verse finds few readers today. A 14-page preface is all apology; the verse is pretty, it rhymes a lot, but the lyrics seem inane. Item

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