Euphranor and Other Miscellanies
Fitzgerald, Edward
| Publication Date | 1905 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Macmillan, |
| Binding | Hardback |
| Condition | Good+, sound copy |
| SKU | 27379 |
| Notes | Somewhat rubbed to edges. p. 17 has been tipped in. Occasional small pen mark to text or margin. Otherwise clean and sound. |
Description
Hardback. An interesting association copy of this collection of pieces by Victorian poet and translator Edward Fitzgerald who is best known for his translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam. This volume bears the signatures of three previous owners: Eric Evan Spicer who was killed during WWI (Arras, 1918), historian Norman Scarfe and writer Ronald Blythe. Like Edward Fitzgerald who was from Woodbridge, Scarfe and Blythe are closely associated with Suffolk. Blythe is best know for known for his work Akenfield (1969) and his "Word from Wormingford” column, both drawing heavily on his experiences of life in Suffolk. The least known of the three Eric Evan Spicer had been a student of Dulwich College where his father Evan Spicer had been College & Estates Governor. As well as Euphranor there are memoirs of Rev George Crabbe (vicar of Bredfield, Suffolk and son of the poet) and of Fitzgerald’s Father-in-law, Bernard Barton, the Quaker poet (best known for The Convict's Appeal (1818) which argued against the death penalty) as well as several other works. Blue cloth lettered in gilt.
