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Price: US$57.75 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The contents of this small book are in very good condition,although 1" has been cut off the top of the title page(as you can see).The full leather binding is good only,the front board is detatched and the spine title lable is missing,207pp.
Seller: VJ Books, Alcester, United Kingdom
Price: US$962.45 + shipping
Description: Two vols, 12mo, (viii), 300; (vi), 299 pp., names of the contributors added in a later hand, some light foxing, contemporary calf, spines gilt, spines rubbed and a trifle worn at ends, upper joint of vol. I attached, but loose. First edition. A major collection of original new verse, edited by Southey, and with contributions from most of his early circle of friends. Prominent among these is Coleridge, who provided no fewer than twenty-seven poems. Other contributors, aside from Southey himself, include Joseph Cottle, Humphry Davy, Thomas Beddoes, George Dyer, Charles Lamb, Charles Lloyd, Robert Lovell, Amelia Opie, Mary Robinson, and Francis Wrangham. CBEL3, IV, 457.
Seller: James Burmester, Bristol, United Kingdom
Price: US$1219.10 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Editions. [vi], 300; [v], 299 pp. Full calf with gilt borders to boards; red and green leather title labels, raised bands and gilt lettering and devices to spines. Red speckled edges; dentelles to outer edges of boards. Small patches of abrasion to boards; joints and extremities slightly rubbed and some minor wear to corners. Light spotting to prelims and the very occasional mark inside, otherwise internally clean. Bookplate of Edmund Ferrers to both volumes. Previous owner's name, 'Isabelle Harries', in ink at title. P. 31/32 of vol. 1 were cancelled as they contained a war poem by Southey which was deemed unpatriotic. With contributions from S.T. Coleridge, Charles Lamb, Charles Lloyd, Amelia Opie. 17 cms tall. Wise 15 ; Tinker 1953. ESTC T91377 and T91378. 12mo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$3125.00 + shipping
Description: Two volumes (4" x 6-1/2") bound in recent half brown morocco with matching corners retaining the original marbled boards, all edges marbled. Leaf B8 (pages 31-32) lacking in first volume, as usual; C3 in second volume in uncancelled state, with word "wicked" present on page 37, line 9. [Tinker 1953; Wise, Coleridge, 15]. Contributions by Samuel T. Coleridge (27 poems, some previously unpublished), Poet Laureate Robert Southey, Charles Lamb, Robert Lovell, Humphry Davy, Amelia Opie, and others. Pages 31-32 contained Southey's "War Poem," but were canceled in all but two known copies as the poem was considered unpatriotic. A third volume was advertised but never published. A remarkable and important collection of early Romantic poetry, here in unusually nice condition.
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.