ROBSON, J[oseph] P[hilip]:: EVANGELINE: OR, THE SPIRIT OF PROGRESS; TOGETHER WITH A COPIUS SELECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS POEMS AND SONGS,SENTIMENTAL,HUMOUROUS,AND LOCAL

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ROBSON, J[oseph] P[hilip]: : EVANGELINE: OR, THE SPIRIT OF PROGRESS; TOGETHER WITH A COPIUS SELECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS POEMS AND SONGS,SENTIMENTAL,HUMOUROUS,AND LOCAL

UK.TYNE & WEAR.1870.

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UK,12mo HB,1st edn.VG.No owner inscrptn, but a contemporary,dated (1913),newspaper cutting with reference to Wearside poets - the author amongst them - pasted to yellow front flyleaf. Publisher's original,blind-tooled/stamped brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to upper board,letters to spine/ backstrip have oxidised.Small splits of varying lengths (smallest 1/5",biggest 1") to spine/ backstrip's top+bottom gutter edges.Bumping, with splits,to head of spine/backstrip with creasing and some miniscule loss of cloth, similar bumping to foot of same,with splits but with no loss.Top edges coloured,fore-edges aged/toned but clean; contents bright,generally tight,clean. UK, 12mo HB,1st edn,iv-xxiipp+2- 372pp [paginated] includes contemporary (1870) intro by Wm Ferguson,contents list/table; plus [unpaginated] sepia reproduction of author photographic portrait frntis with his facsimile signature beneath,and title page.Author's last published work. An anthology of sometimes humorous,poetry, songs,lays and miscellaneous pieces,local songs and poems - some in the Geordie dialect. Joseph Philip Robson was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne,1808 and died in 1870,and was a prolific poet and writer in the Tyneside/ Wearside dialect. Along with his father Mr A. Robson,he was associated with teaching in Catholic schools in Sunderland. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/CANADA customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** q52.BIOGRAPHY.UK,12mo HB,1st edn.No ISBN. Geordie_Newcastle_dialect poetry_songs_humour.J P Robson_Minstrel of the Tyne and Wear.Wearside poets_poetry.Bard of the Tyne.A. Robson_J. P Robson_father+son_ teachers_Catholic schools_Sunderland.Folk lore_songs_poetry.Books new,used,signed, rare.

UK,12mo HB,1st edn.
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