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1 Wordsworth, William Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems
London Printed for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, Paternoster Row, by Biggs and Co. Bristol 1800 Second Edition Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket 
Second edition of Volume One (the first to include Wordsworth's preface, a significant "manifesto" for the Romantic movement). First edition of Volume Two. Volume One: xlvi, [ii (blank)], 210 pages + [5] pages of "Notes". Volume Two: [iv], 227, [i (errata)] pages. Modern full green morocco bindings with five raised bands on spine. Stamp to leather on inner edge of rear board of the first volume "19AB73", presumably meaning the books were rebound in 1973 by AB. The edges of the leaves have been trimmed a little during rebinding, not affecting the text. The top page edges are gilt. Page dimensions: 150 x 90mm. Inscription on verso of title page of each volume: "Alex Blair to Margt Mitchelson Sept 1 1802". Some light (erasable) pencil check marks beside some poem titles in the Contents of the second volume. [Reference: PMM 256 (Printing and the Mind of Man): "Its outline of the supreme function of poetry, expressed in such phrases as that poetry 'takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity,' set a new tone; and it became in effect the revolutionary manifesto of the romantic poets of the next generation."] ; 8vo 
Price: 5287.50 NZD
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2 Wordsworth, William; edited by William Michael Rossetti The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth Including "The Prelude; Or, Growth of a Poet's Mind. "
London Ward, Lock & Co. [c1880s] First Thus Original Cloth Good+ with no dust jacket 
No date [c.1880's]. Crimson cloth covers with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Black decoration to front and rear boards. Black and gilt rule on spine. Bevelled edges to boards. All edges gilt. Flower pattern endpapers. [ii], xiv, 616 pages + frontis + vignette illustrations. Title page printed in red and black. Spine title: "Wordsworth's Poetical Works". No signatures. Some dye run and staining to margins of endpapers from cloth covers. Minor foxing. Spine faded. ; 12mo 
Price: 29.38 NZD
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3 Wordsworth, William The Prelude, or Growth of a Poet's Mind; An Autobiographical Poem
London Edward Moxon 1850 First Edition Hardcover Good with no dust jacket 
8 pages publisher's advertisements (dated "November 1849") + x, 374 , [1] pages. Original blind-stamped green cloth boards. Pale yellow endpapers. The publisher's advertisements are bound in between the front pastedown endpaper and the front free endpaper. Page dimensions: 222 x 141mm. Bookseller's ticket of "H. Sotheran & Co." in lower corner of front pastedown endpaper. Spine faded. Cloth has split along about 2/3 of the rear joint. Narrow splits to the endpapers along entire length of gutters at hinges. The rear hinge is still holding well and the rear board is not loose. At the head of the cloth spine there is a 1/2" tear and several 1/4" tears. A 1/4" chip and 1/4" tear to cloth at tail of spine. Former owner's pencil signature and a price and date neatly noted "28/6/74 £25 D&M" (perhaps this is the owner recording his purchase details for this copy, or it could be merely the recording of the sale price of a different copy).; 8vo 
Price: 399.50 NZD
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4 Wordsworth, William Winnowings From Wordsworth (The Miniature Series)
Edinburgh Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell First Edition Hardcover Very Good- with no dust jacket 
No signatures. Fading to leather spine and margins of boards. ; 124 pages + advertisements. Purple leather boards with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt page edges. Page dimensions: 80mm x 60mm. ; 64mo 3" - 4½" tall 
Price: 58.75 NZD
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