A JAR OF HONEY FROM MOUNT HYBLA .
by Hunt, Leigh (1784-1859)
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About This Item
Smith, Elder and Co., London: 1848, 1848 pp. (8), (24), 200. Added wood cut title page. Wood cut text illustrations and initials by Richard Doyle. 8vo. 20.5 cm. Attractive Late 19th century binding of half morocco leather over marbled boards . Slightly rubbed. Manuscript inscription to Caroline H. Dall from John Patton, 1850. Leigh Hunt was "as thorough a man of letters as ever existed" (11th Ed. EB). He was much beloved by most of the ma jor English literary figures of the both the Romantic and Victorian periods. Dickens said that he was, "the very soul of truth and honour." His writing still has the capacity to easily charm us. This is a delightful collection of essays on the pastoral poetry of Sicily. It was first issued as a beguiling 'gift book', but has come to be regarded as as worthy sequel to Hunt's critical essays on the English poets ( 'Imagination and Fancy' and 'Wit and Humour'). The illustrative chapter heads by the renowned English caricaturist Richard Doyle (1824-1883) strike just the right tone for this interes ting work. Included are essays on: Christmas and Italy; Sicily, and its Mythology; Glances at Ancient Sicilian History and Biography; Theocritus; Norman Times, Legend of King Robert; Italian and Engli sh Pastoral; Scotch Pastoral; Return to Sicily Mount AEtna; Bees; Miscellaneous Feelings Respecting Sicily, Its Music, Its Religion, and Its Modern Poetry; and, Overflowings of the Jar. "A pleasure so exquisite as almost to amount to pain" -- Leigh Hunt to Alexander Ireland, 2 June 1848. . **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W140 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.
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- Title
- A JAR OF HONEY FROM MOUNT HYBLA .
- Author
- Hunt, Leigh (1784-1859)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
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- Publisher
- Smith, Elder and Co., London: 1848
- Date Published
- 1848
- Keywords
- POETRY; SICILY; ITALY; LITERATURE; ROMANTICS; BINDING; PATTON; DOYLE; ILLUS TRATION; WOODCUT; VICTORIAN RAD
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Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Marbled boards
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