Poems of the Intellect and the Affections
by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: E.H. Butler & Co, 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 7.75" x 5.25", xii, 124 pp, with frontis portrait of Browning, extra engraved title page, bound in royal blue cloth with gilt title on spine and front board. Corners rubbed through, cloth chipped at spine ends, but still an attactive copy, internally clean and sound. First printing of this collection, which contains 42 poems selected by this American publisher "to render a truthful portraiture of [the author's] mind and heart, and thus to conduce a more thorough knowledge of the greatest poet produced by England in our generation" (Introduction).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23566
- Title
- Poems of the Intellect and the Affections
- Author
- Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- E.H. Butler & Co
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1865
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About the Seller
Walkabout Books
Biblio member since 2011
Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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