Samuel Taylor Coleridge | Christabel, London, 1816, original paper wrappers

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Christabel: Kubla Khan, A Vision; The Pains of Sleep, London: William Bulmer for John Murray, 1816.

FIRST EDITION, 8vo (224 x 134mm.), Half-title, 4 leaves publisher’s advertisements at the end dated April 1816, leaves uncut, original drab paper wrappers, in modern green cloth slip case, final two leaves on the publisher’s catalogue laid down on endpapers, washed early inscription on upper cover, wrappers slightly soiled and frayed, wear to slip-case, top edge of slip-case starting to detach

Each of the above three poems appeared in print for the first time in this volume.

LITERATURE:

Wise Coleridge 32; Hayward 207