Clare, John
The Village Minstrel and Other Poems
London: for Taylor and Hessey; and E. Drury, Stamford, 1821. First edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, [iii]-xxviii 216, [6] 211 pp., later 19th-century calf, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, engraved frontispiece of Clare's cottage to volume, bound without half-titles and advertisements, bindings scuffed and rubbed, frontispiece spotted and offset, gift inscription dated 1836 to initial blank of volume 1;Idem. Poems descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery. London: for Taylor and Hessey; and E. Drury, Stamford, 1821. Fourth edition, 12mo, vi xxiii [1] 208 pp., contemporary calf uniform with the preceding work, bound without half-title and advertisements if issued, gift inscription dated 1836 to initial blank, binding scuffed and rubbed (3)