Presentation copy
Oswald of Deira: A Drama.
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1867.
Price: $150.00
About the item
First edition. [iv], 155 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Presentation copy. Original light tan cloth by Edmonds & Remnants, with label on pastedown, spine and central lozenge on upper cover in gilt, covers ruled in blind. some soiling and darkening of cloth, chiping to head and tail of spine, lower free endpaper torn and creased, some light offsetting at front and back from endpapers, a few fingerprints, else very good.
Item #37181
PRESENTATION COPY with “From the Author” on half-title. John Lodge Ellerton's copy. The British amateur composer wrote the opera “Domenica,”“Lucinda,”and “The Bridal of Triermain,” the first of which was produced at Drury Lany. In 1857 he published his noted oratoria “Paradise lost.” He was the author of some 5 symphonies, four orchestra overtures, two volumes of poetry and many songs and duets. The poetess, Henrietta Georgiana Marcia Lascelles, Lady Chatterton.
