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SOUTHEY, Robert.. Poems.. Bristol: Printed by N. Biggs, for Joseph Cottle. 1797, 1797.
Price: US$1199.38 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. Early 19th-century tree calf, panelled in gilt, black morocco label, spine gilt; extremities sl. rubbed, spine a bit worn & label sl. chipped affecting two letters, expert repairs to spine & front hinge. Armorial bookplate of Benjamin Baugh on leading pastedown; ink signature of John Taylor, January 3 1832 on initial blank; ink signature of Stephen Coleridge, The Ford, 1919 on titlepage. A nice copy. ESTC T139939; the second line of the imprint is in Roman type, with the comma after 'Biggs' above the 'st' of Bristol. [8], 220pp. Bound without final ad. leaf and final blank. Includes 'To Marry Wollstonecraft', 'The Triumph of Woman', 'Poems on the Slave Trade', 'To the Genius of Africa', 'Botany-bay Eclogues', 'Hymm to the Penates', and others. Stephen Coleridge, 1854-1936, was an author and barrister; his grandfather was the nephew of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an interesting, if distant, association.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1218.62 + shipping
Description: Small 8vo, pp. xx, 278; nicely rebound in full red morocco by Riviere, gilt spine, all edges gilt. First edition thus - printed originally in 1796 and here expanded with the added poems of Charles Lamb and Charles Lloyd. Coleridge's section is very considerably revised, as he states in his preface to this edition: 'one third of the former Volume I have omitted. I have pruned the double-epithets with no sparing hand, and used my best efforts to tame the swell and glitter both of thought and diction'. On the other hand, he added a quantity of new poems, which are highlighted in italics in the list of contents: they include the dedication to his brother George, the Ode on the Departing Year (pp. 5-16) and additional lines to the Monody on the Death of Chatterton. In effect, this is a new work by Coleridge, and for good measure it incorporates more new poetry by Lamb and Lloyd. Wise, Coleridge, 11; Tinker 679.
Seller: Christopher Edwards ABA ILAB, Henley-on-Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
Price: US$1731.73 + shipping
Description: Two works in one volume, small 8vo, pp. [iii]-xvi, 188, [2] errata and blank, [1] advertisements; [viii], 220; the first work without the half title, and the second without the final leaf of advertisements and blank leaf; good clean copies in contemporary tree calf, spine with morocco label (spine split down the middle, dividing the book virtually into two, between the two works). 19th or early 20th century inscription of R.P. Turner on endpaper. First editions of two important early books by Coleridge and Southey. Tinker 678 and 1951.
Seller: Christopher Edwards ABA ILAB, Henley-on-Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: Second edition, expanded. xx, 278 pp., lacking the rare errata slip. 12mo. After the favorable reception of the first edition of 1796, the publisher Cottle requested a second, to which Coleridge contributed several new pieces, including "The Ode to the Departing Year," and a new Preface in which he defended himself from charges of obscurity: "I have pruned the double-epithets with no sparing hand; and used my best efforts to tame the swell and glitter both of thought and diction" (Preface, p. xvii). This edition also includes twelve new poems by Charles Lamb - whose name appears on the title-page for the first time - and a number of poems by Coleridge's student Charles Lloyd. ESTC N11843; Haney 8; Tinker 679; Wise, Coleridge 11; Ashley I, p. 199; Thomson VI Blue crushed levant morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g, by Riviere. Mended tear on title touching one letter of imprint. Bookplate xx, 278 pp., lacking the rare errata slip. 12mo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2116.56 + shipping
Description: Handsomely bound in full brown crushed morocco by Rivière & Son, gilt spine, borders & dentelles. a.e.g. A v.g. attractive copy. ESTC N11843; Wise 11. Twelve of Coleridge's poems were published here for the first time. He advises in his Preface to the Second Edition, 'with respect to my share of the volume, I have a omitted a third of the former Edition, and added almost an equal number'. The newly presented poems are listed in the contents in italics.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Printing. Beautifully rebound in speckled calfskin, appropriate for the time. Five raised bands and bright gilt titles and design on spine. Light foxing throughout. Chipping and small fold down on rear ads page. Mary Matilda Betham (1776-1852) was a poet and miniature painter, who studied under William Wordsworth and the painter, John Opie, whose own wife was also a known poet and author. She was a close friend of Charles and Mary Lamb, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey. Elegies was her first book. Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote "To Matilda from a Stranger" in 1802 in response to his reading of this book, comparing her to Sappho and encouraging her to continue writing poetry. Printed by W. Burrell, and sold by Longman [London], and Jermyn and Forster, [Ipswich], 1797. This volume is exceedingly rare. OCLC lists only 9 physical copies in institutions worldwide and the title has never come up for auction.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.