Poems

by George Meredith

$1,750 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition of the author's first book. ii-vi lacking half-title , 159, 1 pp., with four-line errata slip tipped-in at end. 8vo. Publisher's green embossed cloth, spine titled and ruled in gilt. Spine dulled, small closed tear to cloth at rear joint, light dampstain to rear endpapers. Collie XXXVI; Forman, Meredith 1; Hayward 270 An Appendix to the Rowfant Library, p. 76. Provenance: Frederick Locker-Lampson inscription on title-page from

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