Dyer, George. Poems of George Dyer. T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1802.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First of this edition. 2 volumes. Full leather, with red title labels on spine. Outer hinges of volume 1 are cracked but intact. Some cracking and chipping to leather on spine. Rubbing to edges. Else good condition. Ads for other of Dyer's books at end of volume 1, and a postscript to volume 2. Text is in very good condition. Article on Dyer tipped in at front endpaper. Small bookmark of "Mrs. Liddiard", with a calligraphic signature on inside of front board. Dyer was an influential figure in the Romantic Movement. He shared many ideas with radical writers of the time. He influenced authors such as William Godwin, but also gave critical and moral support to Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth. Critical review of his work shows Dyer to have been an important model for Wordsworth and Coleridge in the way he brought politics to bear on the poetry of nature and imagination. This is an early Longman imprint, carrying the initials of T. N. (Thomas Norton) Longman, the founder's son. In 1800 he purchased the copyright of Southey's Joan of Arc and Wordsworth's first work, Lyrical Ballads from Joseph Cottle of Bristol. He published the works of England's Romantic poets, including Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this offer extra charges to apply for international shipping.

Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.

Wordsworth, W[illiam and Samuel Taylor Coleridge]. Lyrical Ballads, With Pastoral and Other Poems . Vol I. Third Edition . [. Vol II. Second Edition]. Printed for T.N. Longman and O. Rees . by Biggs ad Cottle, London, 1802.

Price: US$6500.00 + shipping

Description: Third edition. [iv], lxiv, [2], 200, [4]; [iv], 250 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. The rare second two-volume edition of Lyrical Ballads. With several important changes from the 1800 edition - the Preface is expanded by 20 pages, Coleridge's "The Dungeon" and Wordsworth's "A Character" and "Lines Written Near Richmond" are withdrawn, and the appendix on poetic diction is included for the first time. Healey 12 & 13; Tinker 2332 19th-century half red morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt-lettered. Rubbed, with some scuffing to spines. Contemporary ownership signatures to front paste-down. Bookplate [iv], lxiv, [2], 200, [4]; [iv], 250 pp. 2 vols. 8vo

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.