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Hours in the Bowers.
by BAMFORD, Samuel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Manchester: Printed for the author, by J. P. Jennings and H. Cowdroy,, 1834 [i.e. 1835]. First edition of this collection of the poetry, some here printed for the first time, by the English radical Samuel Bamford (1788-1872). The title refers to his time in prison ("bowers" being slang for jail), and Bamford notes that he wrote two of the poems while incarcerated - "Eclogue" and "Hymn to Hope". Bamford makes clear in the preface his feeling, written in the third person, that "he has been confined in a greater number of English Prisons, for the cause of freedom, (by which he means reform,) than any other Englishman living". Many of the poems display the same political radicalism which led to his imprisonment, although the poems are by no means especially incendiary, and also include ditties to his beloved. Octavo. Original boards. 19th-century bookplate of George Shaw to front pastedown. A little worn at extremities, joints cracked but firm, contents lightly browned, flower inserted between pp. 18/19. A very good copy.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 136399
- Title
- Hours in the Bowers.
- Author
- BAMFORD, Samuel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Manchester: Printed for the author, by J. P. Jennings and H. Cowdroy,
- Date Published
- 1834 [i.e. 1835]
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
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London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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