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| Book Number | B0016568 |
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| 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] . |
| Series | No |
| Content | Content A section of George Crabbe's poem The Borough adapted as an opera by Benjamin Britten. |
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