[Rarebooks] FS - William Austin ltd. ed.

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*RIDLER, Anne / Edited and with an Introduction by. /THE POEMS OF 
WILLIAM AUSTIN./ *Near fine condition in lightly scuffed matching 
slipcase. The Perpetua Press, Oxford, UK. 1983. 1st edition, 4to, pp. 
xv, 31.

William Austin (1587-1634), a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn, and a 
contemporary of Donne and Herbert, did not publish any of his poetry 
during his lifetime, and is known - if at all - to present-day readers 
only by one carol ("Chauntecleere") and a meditative poem ascribed until 
recently to Thomas Traherne. His few poems, now rescued from neglect, 
show him to have been a poet of considerable charm, viz:

"Though we are born clutch-fisted, when we die
We spread our palms, and let the world slip by".

These poems circulated in manuscript during Austin's lifetime, and were 
admired by his contemporaries. The nine poems from this book have been 
compared with the manuscript copies and are given here in the original 
spelling.

 From the colophon: "150 copies of this book, the poems hand-set in 18pt 
Bembo, have been printed on Old Mill wove from the Cartiera Fedrigoni, 
Verona, by Vivian Ridler at the Perpetua Press, 14 Stanley Road, 
Oxford". This is copy no. 37 and is signed by both Anne Ridler and 
Vivian Ridler.

A scarce title.

$250.00.

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Postage and packing charge is $8.50. Returnable within seven days of 
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