Poems The Early Productions Of William Cowper Now First Published From The Originals In The

by William Cowper

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First edition

London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1825. First edition, 12mo, pp. viii, 75, 1 ; original brown paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine; spine toned and rubbed, text clean, two contemporary newspaper clippings on Cowper tipped onto the front free endpaper, two pages with corrections in pencil, very good. This collection of poems came to the editor, James Croft, from Cowper's cousin, Lady Hesketh. She and Cowper had a brief romance, but were thwarted

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