Lot 152
  • 152

Wordsworth, William

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description

  • Wordsworth, William
  • Peter Bell, a tale in verse. London: printed by Strahan and Spottiswoode; for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819.
  • Paper, ink, leather
8vo (210 x 125 mm). Frontispiece and half-title. Contemporary half calf; scuffed, joints rubbed. [With:] (a) The Waggoner (1819); (b) [Byron, George Gordon, Lord.]  Beppo (1818).  Second edition; (c) and (d) [Byroniana.]  What Have We Got? (1820).  "Fragment" I and II.

First edition.  Wordsworth's most successful poem to date; an edition of 500 copies was sold during the course of the year. Inscribed on the half-title, "From the author."  The inscription appears to be in the hand of Wordsworth's sister, Dorothy.

Literature

Cornell 44; Wise, pp. 21-2; Ashley VIII, pp. 21-22; Tinker 2342