Poems

  • SIGNED
  • London: James Ridgway, 1823
By FERRARS, Ralph [pseud. of William PETER]
London: James Ridgway, 1823. A New Edition. 8vo. [6], 171, [1] pp. Contemporary tan straight-grained morocco gilt, bluemorocco spine label, by J. Helston E. Edwards, Camborne (ticket on front pastedown); front joint cracked, lower blank portion of dedication leaf excised The Abbey copy of the poems of the Cornwall poet and politician William Peter in an attractive provincial binding by the Camborne binder J. Helston E. Edwards. REFERENCE: Ramsden, p. 68 PROVENANCE: J.R. Abbey (bookplate)

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