Alaric at Rome. A Prize Poem, Recited in Rugby School, June XII, MDCCCXL

by Matthew Arnold

$60,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition. 8vo. Publisher's printed pink wrappers. Faint vertical crease at center, light edgewear. In custom red morocco pull-off case. Ashley I, p. 8: holds a high place in the rank of modern poetical rarities ; Hayward 255; Smart, p. 1. Provenance: Dr. J.B. Clemens of New Jersey two typed letters to Clemens, as prospective purchaser of the book, from Luthur S. Livingston of Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, dated 17 August and 7

• Binding: Leather

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