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P., B. Alice, a tale of real life.

London. Wertheim, Macintosh, and Hunt, 1860. First edition.
8vo. vi, 264pp, [2]. With a tipped-in errata slip and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked. Scattered spotting.
The sole edition of an anonymous collection of middling picturesque poetry, published, with the understanding that, 'should any profit accrue from this edition, it will be given to the mission to Central Africa.' The author, 'B.P.', may well be the 'Beta Pi' referenced by the publisher's advertisements. Two further works of theirs are advertised, Christmas Day: A Poem and Miscellaneous Poems; no copies of the former appear extant, the latter is remarkably scarce.

OCLC and COPAC together locate copies at five locations (BL, California, Cambridge, NLS, and Trinity College Dublin).
£ 150.00 Antiquates Ref: 29254