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Description: FIRST EDITION. 12mo. Half title, errata leaf, final ad. leaf. Handsomely bound in recent half speckled calf, vellum-tipped corners, spine with gilt bands & maroon morocco label. A v.g. attractive copy. ESTC T125613. Wise 8. The first edition of Coleridge's first collection of verse, 'written at different times and prompted by very different feelings'. The Preface advises, 'The Effusions signed C.L. were written by Mr. Charles Lamb, of the India House - independently of the signature their superior merit would have sufficiently distinguished them'.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
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Description: First Edition of Coleridge's first book of poems, with half-title and ads. xvi, 188, [1, errata], [1, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition of Coleridge's first book of poems, including Charles Lamb's first appearance in print. Complete with half-title, errata and advertisements. "Like Spenser he is a poet's poet" (DNB). Preceding Lyrical Ballads by two years, Poems on Various Subjects was published by Cottle in April 1796 and contained four sonnets by Charles Lamb, marking his first appearance in print. With the seldom-found half-title, and errata and ad leaves at the end. "An important literary volume" (Rosenbach 29:108). Hayward 206; Wise, Coleridge 8; CBEL III:173; Lowndes I:493; OCEL I:319; Tinker 678; Roth (Lamb), pages 3-10 Bound in near contemporary mottled calf, spine neatly laid down. Booklabel xvi, 188, [1, errata], [1, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo First Edition of Coleridge's first book of poems, with half-title and ads.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor. Poems on Various Subjects. G.G. and J. Robinson, London, 1796.
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Description: First edition of Coleridge's first published book of poetry. Small octavo (6 1/8 x 3 3/4 inches; 156 x 96 mm.). xvi, 188, [4, ads and errata] pp. Half-title, publisher's advertisements and errata all present. This title is often found without the ads and errata. Contemporary tree calf, in an unrestored state. Black morocco spine label. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Cover edges stamped in gilt. Very small amount of repair to spine. Corners slightly bumped. Spine label a bit rubbed. Signatures M and N a bit toned as usual. An excellent copy, complete and in an appropriate binding. Coleridge's first published book of poetry, and, apart from the first published act of The Fall of Robespierre, and the prose tracts, his first book. It had been Coleridge's original intention to increase the number of poems included to form two volumes and to dedicate them to Bowles. Sterling 185. Wise, Coleridge 8. HBS 65106. $6,000.
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.