[Rarebooks] FS: RIQUET OF THE TUFT: A LOVE DRAMA, 1880

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[BROOKE (STOPFORD A.)]. RIQUET OF THE TUFT: A LOVE DRAMA. London: 
Macmillan and Co., 1880. First Edition. Bookseller's ticket on the rear 
pastedown and on the front pastedown the small Fountain Lawn Library 
bookplate of coal baron La Fayette Butler, many of whose books were left 
untouched from the time of their purchase by him until their sale in the 
summer of 1999. Browning to endpapers with the rear endpaper lacking 
resulting in browning to the last text page. Slight fraying to the head 
of the spine. Near Fine and quite scarce.

Stopford Augustus Brooke (14 November 1832 – 18 March 1916) was an Irish 
churchman, royal chaplain and writer. He was a correspondent of many 
famous writers of his time. In 1890-1 he took the lead in raising the 
funds to purchase Dove Cottage, William Wordsworth’s home in Grasmere 
from 1800 to 1808, and establishing it "for the eternal possession of 
those who love English poetry all over the world." (#018597)        $100.00

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