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SOUTHEY. Selected Works Of The British Poets. 1st ED - INSCRIBED TO HIS DAUGHTER
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AUTHOR: SOUTHEY, Robert.
TITLE: Selected Works Of The British Poets, From Chaucer To Jonson, with Biographical Sketches by Robert Southey.
PUBLISHER: London: for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1831.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION PRESENTION COPY TO SOUTHEY'S DAUGHTER. 1 vol., 9-1/8" x 6-1/4", (viii)1016pp., with the 16-page publisher's catalog dated April 1831 at front, inscribed on the half-title "Katharine Southey. Keswick. 26 May 1831. from her Father", bound in the publisher's original purple/maroon cloth, with the original gilt lettered leather spine label.
CONDITION: Some foxing to the tile-page, otherwise internally clean and bright, spine expertly relined, Bookplates of H. R. Merewether and C. F. Crokat to front pastedown, housed in a fine green morocco backed solinder slipcase.
PROVENANCE: The Property of The Doris L. Benz Trust sold for the benefit of Dartmouth College Library. Friday, November 16, 1984.
- Dimensions:Height: 9.13 in (23.2 cm)Width: 6.25 in (15.88 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:1831
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Hillsborough, NJ
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU6214243649322

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