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Wordsworth, William
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
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Description
- Wordsworth, William
- Kendal and Windermere Railway. Two letters re-printed from the Morning Post. Revised, with additions. Kendal: printed by R. Branthwaite and Son, n.d. [1845].
- Paper, ink, leather
12mo (165 x 100 mm). , Bound with twelve titles, later 19th-century half green morocco, with the complete contents lettered in gilt on the spine; title washed.
first edition, first issue. Contains three Wordsworth sonnets and a twenty-line poetic excerpt. The Kendal imprint appears to be much rarer than the London re-issue. Three copies have appeared at auction over the last fifty years, all with the London imprint.
first edition, first issue. Contains three Wordsworth sonnets and a twenty-line poetic excerpt. The Kendal imprint appears to be much rarer than the London re-issue. Three copies have appeared at auction over the last fifty years, all with the London imprint.
Provenance
Ownership signature of Sir John Taylor Coleridge, a nephew of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and a prominent jurist.
Literature
Cornell 133; Wise, pp. 32-3; Ashley VIII, pp. 32-3; Tinker 2356 (list of other titles upon request).