The Worthines of Wales, A Poem

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VG, in attractive contemporary full speckled brown leather, with gilt tooling, corners and edges lightly worn and bumped. Spine has gilt tooling, title in gilt to red leather label, edges lightly bumped and worn. Internally, some offsetting from leather turn ins, top hinge going, ink number to corner of fep, with the half title, (xv), [1], 128 pp, cracked along upper joint, small book sellers label to epd, text block edges speckled, with the usual pagination errors. (186*110 mm). (ESTC T98908). Title continues: A true note of The ancient Castles, famous Monuments, goodly Rivers, faire Bridges, fine Towns, and courteous People, That I have seen in the noble Country of Wales. Reprinted from the Edition of 1587. Churchyard, whose writing career also started early, in the reign of Edward VI, and his first foray being either Davy Dycars Dreame or A Myrrour for Man where in he shall See the Myserable State of thys Worlde (both c.1552). Churchyard's two occupations, as poet-of-all-trades and miscellaneous soldier, were pursued in parallel for most of his life. See ODNB for a full Bio.