Henry Francis Lyte — Miscellaneous Poems

London, Rivingtons, 1868. First edition. Cloth. Very scarce first edition of this miscellany of poems by Henry Francis Lyte. A very scarce first edition of this miscellaneous anthology of the poems by Henry Francis Lyte, Anglican divine and hymnodist; his lyrics were universally appreciated and popular in the nineteenth century. With thirty-two leaves of publisher's catalogue dated 1869 to rear.  In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with some shelf wear, bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities, boards lightly marked, rear joint lightly chipped. Herbert Vaugham of Llangoedmore's bookplate to front pastedown. Percival F. Hinton's ex libris bookplate to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Odd light spotting to fore edge affecting only first and last few leaves, pages otherwise bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .