The earlier poems of William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth (Author), William Johnston (Editor), Edward Moxon (Publisher), Frederick Locker-Lampson (Former owner), Mark L. Reed (Former owner), R. Norman Colbeck (Associated name), Bradbury & Evans (Printer, Printer)
Poetry
xxxvi, 435 pages ; 18 cm
4695822
"London: Bradbury and Evans, Printers, Whitefriars"--Title page verso
Dedication to the Rev. John Miller, M.A., dated London, December, 1856
RBC c. 1: Binding: brownish purple fine wave grain cloth; decorated in blind; lettered in gilt. Armorial bookplate of Frederick Locker on front pastedown (jester sleeping beneath tree, coat-of-arms hanging from branch). Ink note beneath bookplate: "Transferred to / Miss Adeane / FL / May. 1880."; critical comments and marginalia throughout
RBC c. 2: Half-title wanting. Binding: leather; decorated in blind and gilt; marbled endpapers; red leather spine label; spine title: Wordsworth's earlier poems. Presentation inscription on flyleaf: "Henry C. Hastings / Decr. 20th 1859. / from his son Alfred. / His 8th prize."
RBC c. 3: Binding: brownish purple fine wave grain cloth; decorated in blind; lettered in gilt. Publisher's catalog dated Sept. 1856 (8 p.) tipped in at front; presentation inscription on p. [1] of catalog: "For Mark from Paul [F. Betts?]. Bookseller's label on front pastedown: "Maurice Dodd / ... / Wordsworth House / Cockermouth". Note of former owner (Reed) on rear free endpaper. Gift of Mark L. Reed
RBC c. 4: Binding: brown morocco; black-tooled border; gold-tooled decoration on turnins; gilt fillet board edges; marbled endpapers; spine title: Wordsworth's poems. Illustrated bookplate on front pastedown: "Ex Libris Millicent Wedmore"; signed " A.S". On verso of half-title: small portrait of Wordsworth affixed to page within an ink border. Note of former owner (Reed) on rear free endpaper: "Colbeck ..." Gift of Mark L. Reed