POEMS BY ANNE COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA 1661-1720. Selected and with an Introductory Essay by John Middleton Murry.
New York: Harper & Brothers, n.d.(circa 1928).
Hardcover. Good plus. Item #56538
Yvor Winter’s copy with his ownership signature on front endpaper. Sm. Octavo. 7 3/4 x 5 1/2”. 112pp. Decorated paper over boards with blue cloth spine. Toning and rubbing to edges and to paper title label. Spine lightly faded. Some neat check marks to table of contents. Interior nice.
Anne Finch, the Countess of Winchilsea, was an English poet and courtier in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. She was a major female poet during her lifetime, whose work spanned genres and addressed a variety of subjects. She authored religious verse and love lyrics, as well as fables, pastorals, verse plays, odes, songs, and occasional poems.
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