Browning, Robert A COLLECTION OF 6 PRESENTATION COPIES (9 VOLUMES), 3 LETTERS AND 2 RELATED WORKS: Paracelsus. Effingham Wilson, 1835, 8vo, first edition, inscribed by the author to L. Lloyd, red morocco gilt by Riviere, some slight spotting, hinge cracked, joints slightly worn [Wise, p.5]; Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau, Saviour of Society, Smith, Elder & Co., 1871, 8vo, first edition, inscribed by the author to Fanny Haworth, dark green morocco by the French Binder's, Garden City, NY, spine slightly faded, chipped at head and foot, some offsetting on endpapers, small mark on front fixed endpaper where booklabel removed [Wise, p.30]; The Ring and the Book. Smith, Elder & Co., 1872, 8vo, 4 volumes, second edition, inscribed by the author to Nina Lehman, with his visiting card pasted below the inscription, contemporary olive green morocco gilt, spines gilt, green silk endpapers, edges gilt, occasional slight spotting, hinges cracked, some wear to joints and extremities; Balaustion's Adventure. Smith, Elder & Co., 1872, 8vo, first edition, inscribed by the author to William Allingham, publisher's reddish-brown cloth, hinges cracked, spine chipped at head and foot [Wise, p.29]; Fifine at the Fair. Smith, Elder & Co., 1872, 8vo, first edition, inscribed by the author to William Allingham, publisher's darl brown bevelled cloth, hinges cracked, spine chipped at head and foot [Wise, p.31]; Jocoseria. Smith, Elder & Co., 1883, first edition, inscribed by the author to Miss Louisa Drewry, publisher's dark red cloth, hinges cracked, spine faded, some wear to extremities [Wise, p.43]; and two other related works; [with:] Robert Browning three autograph letters signed, one to "Sir", denying that there is any historical foundation to "The Ride &c." [? 'The Last Ride Together'] ("...A good gallop in imagination - that is all the 'facts'...") and recalling how he wrote the poem on board ship, one to Mrs Pollock, agreeing to visit her along with his son unless the latter is "worn out by rowing, or otherwise incapacitated", and one to Mrs Anderson, apologising for missing her the previous evening, altogether 3 pages, 8vo, 19 Warwick Crescent, London, 16 January 1875 to 9 December 1882 (where dated), one letter window mounted, two letters with remains of mount on versos
Browning, Robert A COLLECTION OF 6 PRESENTATION COPIES (9 VOLUMES), 3 LETTERS AND 2 RELATED WORKS: Paracelsus. Effingham Wilson, 1835, 8vo, first edition, inscribed by the author to L. Lloyd, red morocco gilt by Riviere, some slight spotting, hinge cracked, joints slightly worn [Wise, p.5]; Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau, Saviour of Society, Smith, Elder & Co., 1871, 8vo, first edition, inscribed by the author to Fanny Haworth, dark green morocco by the French Binder's, Garden City, NY, spine slightly faded, chipped at head and foot, some offsetting on endpapers, small mark on front fixed endpaper where booklabel removed [Wise, p.30]; The Ring and the Book. Smith, Elder & Co., 1872, 8vo, 4 volumes, second edition, inscribed by the author to Nina Lehman, with his visiting card pasted below the inscription, contemporary olive green morocco gilt, spines gilt, green silk endpapers, edges gilt, occasional slight spotting, hinges cracked, some wear to joints and extremities; Balaustion's Adventure. Smith, Elder & Co., 1872, 8vo, first edition, inscribed by the author to William Allingham, publisher's reddish-brown cloth, hinges cracked, spine chipped at head and foot [Wise, p.29]; Fifine at the Fair. Smith, Elder & Co., 1872, 8vo, first edition, inscribed by the author to William Allingham, publisher's darl brown bevelled cloth, hinges cracked, spine chipped at head and foot [Wise, p.31]; Jocoseria. Smith, Elder & Co., 1883, first edition, inscribed by the author to Miss Louisa Drewry, publisher's dark red cloth, hinges cracked, spine faded, some wear to extremities [Wise, p.43]; and two other related works; [with:] Robert Browning three autograph letters signed, one to "Sir", denying that there is any historical foundation to "The Ride &c." [? 'The Last Ride Together'] ("...A good gallop in imagination - that is all the 'facts'...") and recalling how he wrote the poem on board ship, one to Mrs Pollock, agreeing to visit her along with his son unless the latter is "worn out by rowing, or otherwise incapacitated", and one to Mrs Anderson, apologising for missing her the previous evening, altogether 3 pages, 8vo, 19 Warwick Crescent, London, 16 January 1875 to 9 December 1882 (where dated), one letter window mounted, two letters with remains of mount on versos
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