PONCY (Charles): Poems by Charles Poncy, a mason from Toulon - Lot 180

PONCY (Charles): Poems by Charles Poncy, a mason from Toulon. Marines - Le chantier. New edition revised by the author. Au Bureau de la Société de l'Industrie Fraternelle, 1846. In-8 period half-basane, smooth spine decorated (small snags to headpieces, corners and edges rubbed, foxing and spotting). Edition not cited by Polak. New edition, partly original. The works of a working-class poet much appreciated by George Sand, employed in the Toulon shipyards. The introductory pages in Roman numerals contain Ortolan's biography of the author. Poems include: A Toulon, Mon Rocher et la Yole, A M. Arago, Trombe marine, A un vaisseau de cent vingt en démolition, A George Sand, Byron, La Chaloupe, Le Forçat, Le Forçat poitrinaire, Carénage d'un brick marchand, Nuit en mer, Aux maçons, La Mort d'un galérien, Portrait d'un forçat à vie, Sur le bal donné aux Anglais à Toulon en 1838, Du Lazaret de Toulon, Influence du Tabac sur ma poésie, etc.