SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE. "We Pity the Plumage, but Forget the Dying Bird." An Address to the People on The Death of the Princess Charlotte, [London; Thomas Rodd ?1843], 16 pp., 8vo, stitched as issued, last leaf tipped to new protective wrapper resulting in a tear in gutter, cloth folding case , FIRST EDITION. Granniss, pp. 43-44 -- Sir JOHN BOWRING. Matins and Vespers: with Hymns and Occasional Devotional Pieces...Fourth Edition, London, 1851, 12mo, green morocco gilt, g.e., PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author on front flyleaf: "Lieut. Geo. H. Preble USN with the very kind regards of the Author, Hong Kong, 12 Jan. 185 [final digit cropped by binder]," pasted in is an Autograph Letter Signed from Bowring to Preble, Canton, China, 28 Dec. 1855, 2 pages, 12mo, some fold tears, with original envelope, the second page of the letter containing a 12-line signed poem by Bowring. Preble (see DAB) was with Perry's Expedition to Japan at the time he met Bowring; he later became a Rear Admiral. Bowring (see DNB) was a hymnist, poet and diplomat; in 1854 he was appointed plenipotentiary to China and governor of Hong Kong. (2)
SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE. "We Pity the Plumage, but Forget the Dying Bird." An Address to the People on The Death of the Princess Charlotte, [London; Thomas Rodd ?1843], 16 pp., 8vo, stitched as issued, last leaf tipped to new protective wrapper resulting in a tear in gutter, cloth folding case , FIRST EDITION. Granniss, pp. 43-44 -- Sir JOHN BOWRING. Matins and Vespers: with Hymns and Occasional Devotional Pieces...Fourth Edition, London, 1851, 12mo, green morocco gilt, g.e., PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author on front flyleaf: "Lieut. Geo. H. Preble USN with the very kind regards of the Author, Hong Kong, 12 Jan. 185 [final digit cropped by binder]," pasted in is an Autograph Letter Signed from Bowring to Preble, Canton, China, 28 Dec. 1855, 2 pages, 12mo, some fold tears, with original envelope, the second page of the letter containing a 12-line signed poem by Bowring. Preble (see DAB) was with Perry's Expedition to Japan at the time he met Bowring; he later became a Rear Admiral. Bowring (see DNB) was a hymnist, poet and diplomat; in 1854 he was appointed plenipotentiary to China and governor of Hong Kong. (2)
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