Original First Edition

1781 William HAYLEY Triumphs of temper'a poem. In six cantos' FIRST edition


1781 William HAYLEY Triumphs of temper'a poem. In six cantos' FIRST edition
1781 William HAYLEY Triumphs of temper'a poem. In six cantos' FIRST edition
1781 William HAYLEY Triumphs of temper'a poem. In six cantos' FIRST edition
1781 William HAYLEY Triumphs of temper'a poem. In six cantos' FIRST edition
1781 William HAYLEY Triumphs of temper'a poem. In six cantos' FIRST edition
1781 William HAYLEY Triumphs of temper'a poem. In six cantos' FIRST edition
1781 William HAYLEY Triumphs of temper'a poem. In six cantos' FIRST edition
1781 William HAYLEY Triumphs of temper'a poem. In six cantos' FIRST edition
1781 William HAYLEY Triumphs of temper'a poem. In six cantos' FIRST edition
1781 William HAYLEY Triumphs of temper'a poem. In six cantos' FIRST edition
1781 William HAYLEY Triumphs of temper'a poem. In six cantos' FIRST edition
1781 William HAYLEY Triumphs of temper'a poem. In six cantos' FIRST edition
1781 William HAYLEY Triumphs of temper'a poem. In six cantos' FIRST edition

1781 William HAYLEY Triumphs of temper'a poem. In six cantos' FIRST edition   1781 William HAYLEY Triumphs of temper'a poem. In six cantos' FIRST edition

English writer, best known as the biographer of his friend William Cowper. The triumphs of temper : a poem. / By William Hayley, Esq. Dodsley, in Pall Mall, MDCCLXXXI [1781].

Contemporary full polished calf binding, gilt lettered label to spine. Size: 4to (24cm x 17.7cm). Very Good to Good condition.

Light rubbing to boards and spine. Some spotting / light age-toning to blank endpapers. Minor paper abrasion to gutter of one blank endpaper. Title page with some scattered foxing. Otherwise pages generally free of foxing, aside from a few minor instances, e.

Minor age-toning to edges of leaves. Small pale stain to foot of final text page.

Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely. A scarce example of this poem'in six cantos' by William Hayley, the biographer of William Cowper. In an attractive binding, which goes some way to making up for the missing half-title, which doesn't appear to have been bound into this copy.


1781 William HAYLEY Triumphs of temper'a poem. In six cantos' FIRST edition   1781 William HAYLEY Triumphs of temper'a poem. In six cantos' FIRST edition