The vale of obscurity, the Lavant, and other poems

by Charles Crocker

$350 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

First edition

Chichester: printed for the author, and sold by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London, 1830. First edition of the poet's first book, 8vo, pp. xii, 3 , 20-120; original stiff orange paper wrappers, cream paper shelfback, printed paper label on upper cover; spine rather cracked, front joint tender; good, or better. Crocker 1797-1861 was of a humble upbringing, and he worked as a shoemaker for twenty years, writing down verse in his idle hours. He

• Binding: Wrappers

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