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Peter Grimes: The Poor … the Borough, Volume 1 by George Crabbe et al, First Folio Socirty Edition with Dust Jacket

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A First Folio Socirty Edition of 'Peter Grimes: The Poor of the Borough, Volume One' by George Crabbe et al. in Very Good+ condition in a Very Good condition transparent plastic dust jacket published by Folio Society in 1990

Peter Grimes: The Poor of the Borough, Volume One [Folio Press Fine Editions Series] by George Crabbe, Kevin Crossley-Holland and Alan Powers, First Folio Socirty Edition with Dust Jacket

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Condition Summary: (Very Good+/Very Good) A very tidy copy, in a tidy dust jacket. All notable faults: A few light marks on the page ends

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Book Number B0016568
Title Peter Grimes: The Poor of the Borough, Volume One
Author(s) Author: Crabbe, George Introduction By: Crossley-Holland, Kevin Illustrator: Alan Powers

George Crabbe (1754 to 1832)—An English poet and naturalist probably best known for'The Village' and 'The Borough', who was a friend of William Wordsworth and Sir Walter Scott. Crabbe's books include: 'Inebriety', 'The Candidate', 'The Library', 'The Village', 'The Newspaper', 'Poems', 'The Borough', 'Tales in Verse', 'Tales of the Hall' and 'Posthumous Tales'

Edition and Format First Folio Socirty Edition—[References: Folio 60: A Bibliography 1947 - 2006 by Paul W. Nash et al, reference 664]

Hardback, Octavo (20-25 cm high). [6] and 7 to 77 printed pages in publisher's original black quarter cloth and paper covered boards with gilt 'Peter Grimes' on the spine, in transparent plastic dust jacket. Contains lithographs by Alan Powers
Publisher(s) Folio Society, London, 1990

The Folio Society—(Founded in 1947) A subscription based publisher of books with a headquarters in London and founded by Charles Ede, Christopher Sandford and Alan Bott, best known for their attractive reprints of classic titles in decorative cloth with card slipcases. They also produce deluxe editions. [McBride page 45] [Zempel and Verkler page 156] .

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A section of George Crabbe's poem The Borough adapted as an opera by Benjamin Britten.

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