Book Description: 7" x 4 3/8", 293 pages. Bound in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and a blind-stamped design on the boards. Deckle fore-edge and top edge. CONDITION: The book is in Very Good condition (Fine is our highest grade). Light soiling to the top edge (from dust). The front free endpaper has a former owner's name and some numbers (a date?), "Conrad Komorowski / 22 : ix : 28." (Komorowski was a well-known Detroit Communist and member of the John Reed Society). Light soiling to the top edge and bottom edges (from dust). Also, a number of pages have words underlined in light pencil (easily erasable). Tight and intact. "Richard Lovelace (1618 1659) was an English poet and nobleman, born in Lovelace Place, Bethersden , Kent. He was one of the Cavalier poets, and a noted royalist. The "Lucasta" to whom he dedicated much of his verse was Lucy Sacheverell, whom he often called Lux Casta. Unfortunately, she mistakenly believed that he died at the Battle of Dunkirk in 1646 and so married another. He was imprisoned briefly in 1648 for supporting the Royalists during the time of Oliver Cromwell. During this period he spent his fortune to help supply Royalist forces, and died in penury shortly thereafter. His brother then published his poetry posthumously." - per the Wikipedia.