CRABBE, George. The Borough: a poem, in twenty-four letters. FIRST EDITION. J. Hatchard. 1810
Half title, 4pp ads; sl. browned. Contemp. full tree calf; later rebacked with plain tan calf, maroon label. Armorial bookplate of Starling Benson. Faintly visible contemp. signature on titlepage of Sophia Baillie.
¶Bareham & Gatrell A15. Within The Poor of the Borough (Letters 19-22) is the story of the ill-fated fisherman Peter Grimes, later immortalised in Benjamin Britten's opera.
Stock #24201
£150
46, Great Russell Street - (opp. British Museum) - Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3PA
