Poems & pastimes / by Sir John F.W. Herschel.

Title: 
Poems & pastimes / by Sir John F.W. Herschel.

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Author/Artist: 
Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871.
Publisher: 
Somerset : Somerset County Press, 1987.
Description: 
28 p., [4] leaves : ill., port. ; 22 cm.
Other Authors: 
Lubbock, Constance A. (Constance Ann), 1855?-1939.
Edition: 
2nd ed.
Format of Material: 
Books
Subjects: 
Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871 Biography.
Poetry.
Bib ID: 
79082
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Location: 
Stacks
Call Number: 
PR4786.H5A6 1987
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Variant Title: 
Poems and pastimes
Notes: 
First ed. published by Rampant Lion Press, Cambridge, in 1938, with introduction signed by Constance A. Lubbock.
"I have made this selection of scraps ... from a manuscript book which my dear father left to me"--Introduction.
Biographical essay of John F.W. Herschel by his daughter, presumably Constance A. Lubbock.
Includes sketches of the family drawn by Louisa M. Herschel in 1852 and 1855.
This item was received as part of the Mark Pendergrast research collection.