{"product_id":"1947-christopher-smart-a-song-to-david-grey-walls-press-crown-classics-book","title":"1947 Christopher Smart A Song to David Grey Walls Press Crown Classics Book","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1947 by The Grey Walls Press in London as part of their acclaimed Crown Classics series, this edition compiles selected poetry of eighteenth-century English writer Christopher Smart, edited with a critical introduction by poet and scholar Ruthven Todd. The Crown Classics library was curated under the general editorship of noted typographer Seán Jennett, who was widely recognized for translating fine-press aesthetic principles into elegant mid-century trade publishing. Jennett's disciplined typographic treatment is on full display throughout the textblock, balancing classical proportional margins against the rhythmic cadence of Smart's visionary eighteenth-century verse. Centered on Smart's devotional masterwork A Song to David, originally composed during his period of asylum confinement and published in 1763, the collection captures the rich lyricism, architectonic stanzaic progression, and spiritual vigor that influenced Romantic and modern poetry alike. Acquired from the personal research library of a late Washington, DC-area National Institutes of Health anthropologist, this volume includes Todd's biographical introduction, the 86-stanza anthem, and an exhaustive historical bibliography of Smart's published output. Preserved in very good vintage condition with its original paper jacket showing light, authentic toning along the fold edges and clean interior pages. This piece measures approximately 7.5 inches in height, 5 inches in width, and 0.4 inches in depth, and weighs 0.4 pounds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patina \u0026 Prose","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48730109706397,"sku":"PP-103025-208","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/4923\/2285\/files\/1947-christopher-smart-a-song-to-david-grey-walls-press-crown-classics-book_01.png?v=1788629615","url":"https:\/\/patinaandprose.com\/products\/1947-christopher-smart-a-song-to-david-grey-walls-press-crown-classics-book","provider":"Patina \u0026 Prose","version":"1.0","type":"link"}