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1930 The Testament of Beauty, a Poem in Four Books
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Description
Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding
With a tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece. Originally published before the author's death in 1929, this poem helped Bridges gain great popularity and earned him the Order of Merit in the same year. This verse evoked response in many great British composers of the time, among those to set his poems to music were Hubert Parry, Gustav Holst, and later Gerald Finzi. Written by Robert Seymour Bridges, a British poet who was appointed Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930. A doctor by training, he achieved literary fame only late in life. With a publisher's note on the text bound in to rear.
Condition
In the original quarter paper vellum binding with marbled boards. Externally, smart with light wear to the extremities and the odd small mark. Sunning to the board edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Light tide marks to the pastedowns.
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