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1909-1910 The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser in Three Volumes

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A wonderful complete three volume set of The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, including his epic poem The Faerie Queene. A complete three volume set of The Poetical Works of Edmund Spencer, edited by Ernest De Selincourt. A beautiful Hatchards binding in lovely condition. The volumes include the original title pages and are illustrated throughout the text. The first volume (1910) contains Spenser's minor poems, based upon a collation of the editions published in the poet's lifetime with the Folio of 1611. The volume includes Daphnaida, Colin Clovts Come Home Again, Prothalamion and miscellaneous sonnets. The second volume (1909) contains the first three books of Spenser's Faerie Queene and is edited by J. C. Smith. The third volume (1909) contains the fourth to the seventh books of the Faerie Queene which remains one of the longest poems in the English langauge. Re-bound in half morocco with cloth covered boards. Externally, lovely with just some fading to the spines. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Overall: Fine
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    Height: 9 in (22.86 cm)Width: 6 in (15.24 cm)Depth: 6 in (15.24 cm)
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    1909-1910
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    Bath, GB
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    Seller: 834B201stDibs: LU8925239342562

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