Lot 120
  • 120

Southey, Robert

Estimate
3,500 - 4,500 USD
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Description

  • Oliver Newman: A New-England Tale (Unfinished); with Other Poetical Remains. London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1845
  • Paper, ink, leather
8vo (6 7/8 x 4 1/4 in.; 174 x 108 mm). Publisher's 32 pp. advertisement at end. Publisher's green blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt-lettered; some blistering, spine faded, rubbed.

Condition

Condition as described in catalogue entry.
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Catalogue Note

First edition. The dedication copy of Southey's posthumous last book, signed on the title-page by dedicatee William Wordsworth. A blurred inscription on the front free endpaper reads "From the editor."