John Cleveland (1613-1658): A Bibliography of his Poems, Brian Morris — 1st Edition

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John Cleveland (1613-1658): A Bibliography of his Poems, Brian Morris — 1st Edition

Name: John Cleveland (1613-1658): A Bibliography of his Poems, Brian Morris — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 4938
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Publication: London, The Bibliographical Society, 1967

Formatting: 8vo, pp. [vi], 61.

Condition Report: Very Good. The binding remains remarkably firm and tight, bound in the publisher's original dark blue cloth with crisp gilt lettering to the spine. The boards display minor rubbing to the extremities and faint surface marks, yet the cloth remains largely unfaded and structurally sound. Internally, the pages are bright and free from foxing, exhibiting only light, uniform age-toning to the text block edges. A neat, discrete previous owner's signature ("Jeff Cooper") is present on the front free endpaper; otherwise, the text is entirely clean and unblemished, presenting a highly readable, robust copy.

Catalogue Note: First edition of Brian Morris's comprehensive bibliography of the English Royalist poet John Cleveland. Issued by the Bibliographical Society for the year 1965 (though printed in 1967), the text meticulously catalogues the complex printing history of Cleveland’s poetry, distinguishing between numerous pirated and authorized seventeenth-century editions.

The volume is complete with a striking frontispiece featuring the classic engraved portrait of the author ("Vera Effigies Johannis Cleaveland"), reproduced from the 1677 edition of Clievelandi Vindiciae.

While not an exceptionally scarce text on the open market, this remains an essential reference work for scholars of mid-seventeenth-century English literature and collectors of Civil War-era poetry, seldom found in such firmly bound condition.

A critical resource for literary historians and collectors alike, Brian Morris's bibliography provides an exhaustive structural breakdown of the complex, often chaotic seventeenth-century printings of Royalist poet John Cleveland's work. Navigating the myriad of pirated editions, broadsides, and posthumous collections, Morris offers an invaluable roadmap to the early modern transmission of one of the English Civil War's most popular, yet bibliographically complicated, literary figures.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Brian Morris

Book Publisher: The Bibliographical Society

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Genre: History

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 61

Book Publication Year: 1967

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Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: Bibliographical Society Publication

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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