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THE BIBLIOGRAPHY
[1867-

Poet Laureate. Woodcut of Canford Manor, 4to, Canford Manor, =, φ, ×/×, 7, 1867.

Collation: Quarto. pp. 19 (unnumbered).

(1) Title as above (verso blank); (2) 1 page containing monogram of Sir lvor Bertie Guest (verso blank); (3) Half-title: "The Window; or, The Loves of the Wrens" (verso blank); (4) Dedication: "These little songs, whose almost sole merit, at least till they are wedded to music, is that they are so excellently printed, I dedicate to the printer" (verso blank). pp. 5 to 19 printed on recto only.

Size: 107/8 × 8.

A series of twelve songs, connected by the slender thread of a pretty love-story successful in its issue. Printed at the private press of Sir Ivor Bertie Guest: a very small edition was struck off, and a copy appearing in the market commands a high price. The text differs considerably from that of the edition published three or four years later, with Mr. Arthur Sullivan's music.

The Victim. By Alfred Tennyson, D.C.L., Poet Laureate. Woodcut of Canford Manor, 4to. Canford Manor, =, φ, ×/×, 7, 1867. Printed at the Private Press of Sir Ivor Bertie Guest.

Collation: Quarto. pp. 9 (unnumbered). (1) Title as above (verso blank); (2) 1 page contain-