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WORDSWORTH, William. Lyrical Ballads, With Pastoral and Other Poems, In Two Volumes. Volume I, Third Edition. Volume II, Second Edition.
London: T.N. Longman and O. Rees. 1802
First edition, thus. 8vo. 15.5 x 9cm. In two volumes. Vol. I, [ii]contents, verso blank, [i]-lxiv preface, 200pp + [4]pp. notes. Vol. II, [ii], 250pp. First fly-title to vol. I not present, not called for by Wise but present after the preface in the Cornell copy. First leaf of notes to vol. I torn along lower corner without loss. Bound in contemporary tree calf, spines ruled in gilt, contrasting labels and small oval volume numbers. Spine of vol. I, rubbed with slight loss to labels, marbled e/ps., Pages very lightly browned o/w a clean and sound set. Cornell 12, Wise 6. Scarce, though not as historically important as the 1800 edition, (see our ref. 8142), there have been fewer copies available. The 1802 edition of 'Lyrical Ballads' differs from the 1800 edition in the following ways: Coleridge contributed four poems only, 'The Dungeon' having been withdrawn. Wordsworth's 'A Character' was also omitted. The famous 'Preface' was considerably expanded, (64 pages in this edition compared to 46 pages in the 1800 edition), and many changes were introduced into the text of the Poems. Three poems were removed from vol. I and given new positions in vol. II. Finally Coleridge in this edition cancelled the 'Argument' to 'The Ancient Mariner'. 8141
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WORDSWORTH, William. Lyrical Ballads. With Other Poems. In Two Volumes Vol. I, Second Edition. Vol. II, First Edition.
London. T.N. Longman and O. Rees. 1800
First edition, thus, first issue. 8vo. 16 x 10cm. Two volumes bound in one. xlvi, blank, 210pp. + [5]pp. notes, blank reverse. [iv], 227pp. + [1]errata. Issued without half-titles, fly-titles all present. Bound in contemporary half calf gilt, contrasting morocco label, gilt decorations to spine in compartments, marbled bds., edges and e/ps. The binding is rubbed at extremities but is bright and sound, there is some v. occ. spotting or soiling to pages, binders blank bears neat ownership inscription o/w contents clean and fresh. Cornell 6, Wise 5. According to Wise about 500 copies were published. Vol. I, as is usual contains the A3 as a cancel, due to Coleridge being unable to complete 'Christabel'. There are only three known copies without this page cancelled. Page ix is misnumbered xi, and the fault is repeated in the errata as an error occurred on this page. According to the Cornell catalogue the above copy has precedence, the opening lines of the preface being "The first Volume..." rather than "The First Volume...", the split of Coleridge's titles on the following page is also as should be. Vol. II is shown to be the more usually found first issue with O1 and O2 uncancelled, also P2 uncancelled with the original 3-item errata. Published as 'an experiment', this work heralded the birth of the Romantic Movement in English poetry, its style replacing the formal and elevated which dominated the earlier part of the eighteenth century. Wordsworth famously wrote in the Preface: "all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings……emotion recollected in tranquillity". The "incidents and situations from common life" are presented in "language really used by men" with a "certain colouring of imagination". This set the style and subjects of poetry right up until the present day. 8142
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WORDSWORTH, Christopher. Memoirs of William Wordsworth, Poet-Laureate. In Two Volumes.
London: Edward Moxon. 1851
First edition. 2 volumes. xii, 457pp. + [1]p. printer's imprint + [1]p. adverts; viii, 524pp + [1]p. adverts., [3]pp. blanks + 7pp. publisher's booklet. Half-titles to each vol. Small errata slip inserted before page 1 of vol. I. Portrait frontis. with tissue guard to both vols., illustration to text of vol. I. Very handsomely bound in later blue half calf gilt, raised bands, gilt motifs to compartments on spine, contrasting labels. Top edges gilt. Spines sl. faded, armorial bookplates, marbled e/ps., some occ. spotting esp. to plates. A fine set of the first biography of Wordsworth. Cornell 875, Wise IV/6. Christopher Wordsworth was Wordsworth's nephew. 8077
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WORDSWORTH, Dorothy. Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 by.... Edited by J. C. Shairp, LL.D.
Edmonston and Douglas, Edinburgh. 1874
Second edition. l, 316pp. + 24pp. Ads. at rear. Orig. brown dec. cloth, gilt extra, with lovely gilt decoration to head and tail of spine and upper board, ruled in black. Extremities worn, upper board sl. cocked, outer edges sl. foxed. Inner hinge visible, lacks ffe/p. Some occ. light foxing throughout o/w contents clean and sound. A lovely copy. 12470
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WORDSWORTH, William. The Excursion, Being a Portion The Recluse, A Poem.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. 1814
First edition, first issue with leaf Y1 in uncancelled state. Only 500 copies printed. Lacks half-title but errata leaf present. xx, errata sheet, reverse blank, 447pp. Bound in contemporary tan half calf, tooled in blind, recased with original spine laid down, marbled bds., spine rubbed with sl. chipped label. Bds. worn and rubbed esp. at extremities. Dark aging spots to margin of title page, some light foxing to prelims o/w contents clean and sound. OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE of JOANNA HUTCHINSON to title page dated Oct. 29th, 1815. Also in the book is a plaited bookmark of coloured silks attached to the headband. It is possible that this was made by Joanna. Joanna was the youngest sister of Mary Hutchinson who married Wordsworth in 1802. Joanna was one of the few witnesses to the wedding. The connection between the Hutchinsons, the Wordsworths and Coleridge was strong. Coleridge was for a time very attached to the middle sister Sara Hutchinson. In volume II of 'Lyrical Ballads' is the poem 'To Joanna'. Wordsworth himself believed that 'Joanna' along with 'Nutting' showed the greatest genius of any of the poems in the second volume. Lines of this poem that he based on Joanna incl. "How fares Joanna, that wild-hearted Maid!" and "I chissel'd out in those rude characters, Joanna's name upon the living stone. And I, and all who dwell by my fire-side, Have call'd the lovely rock, JOANNA'S ROCK." From Moorman's Biography of Wordsworth. Cornell 24, Wise 10. 8084
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WORDSWORTH, William. The Poetical Works of......
London Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1903
Orig. red buckram, gilt and black illustration to upper bd., gilt dec. to spine. xix, 688pp. Portrait frontis. Title pages and chapter headings in red and black. Presentation label to front pastedown. Sl. foxing. VG. 7821
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WORDSWORTH, William. The Poetical Works. In Seven Volumes. A New and Revised Edition.
London: Edward Moxon. 1849
Small 8vo. (16.5cm x 10.5cm). 7 volumes. xliv, 313; viii, 349; xii, 355; xii, 372; xi, 388; xiii, [iii], 384pp. incl. index. xiv, [ii], 374pp. Engraved portrait frontis. to vol. I. Very attractively bound in contemporary half green calf, ruled in gilt, spines elaborately decorated in gilt, (repeated pattern along lower 13cm, contrasting red morocco label, ruled, at head of spine with small circular red morocco numbering label to centre of spine), marbled bds. Spines sunned, e/ps. sl. spotted o/w a lovely set of the last edition produced during the poet's lifetime. NOT IN WISE. The index is in the sixth volume, as the set is reprinted using earlier plates, volume seven contains 'The Excursion'. All volumes are dated 1849. Cornell Wordsworth Catalogue 149/150. 8050
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WORDSWORTH, William. The Recluse.
Macmillan and Co. London. 1888
First edition. Slim 8vo. 56pp. Orig. green cloth gilt, Spine sl. rubbed, affecting text, extremities sl. worn. Prelims foxed, small 1cm split in paper at bottom of inner hinge o/w contents clean and sound. Published posthumously. Wise 34. 7551
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WORDSWORTH, William. The White Doe of Rylstone; Or The Fate of the Nortons.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. 1815
First edition. 4to. xi, [i]blank, 162pp. Half-title present. Engraved frontis. with tissue guard. Sumptuously rebound in blue/green half crushed morocco gilt, raised bands, gilt decorations to compartments in spine. Top edge gilt, marbled e/ps. Contents unusually clean and fresh, even the frontis. shows none of the normal foxing. A fine copy. Cornell 26, Wise 12. 8078
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(WORDSWORTH). LEGOUIS, Émile. William Wordsworth and Annette Vallon.
J. M. Dent & Sons. London. 1922
First edition. xiv, 146pp. Portrait frontis. + 6 plates. Orig. green cloth, appropriate newspaper cuttings attached to e/ps. incl. a review of this book, letters about Wordsworth's daughter and an auction report about Wordsworth's love letters to his wife, Mary, being sold to an American University in 1977 for £35,000. Some occ. light foxing o/w VG+ 7557
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