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Poems, in Two Volumes
by Wordsworth, William
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- first
- Condition
- Quarter speckled calf over marbled boards. Fine
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About This Item
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807. First edition. With cancels D11 in volume I and B2 in volume II. [iii]-[viii], 158; [iii]-[viii], 170 pp. Bound without half titles. 2 vols. 12mo (6-7/8 x 4-3/8 inches 172 x 113 mm.). Quarter speckled calf over marbled boards. Fine. First edition. With cancels D11 in volume I and B2 in volume II. [iii]-[viii], 158; [iii]-[viii], 170 pp. Bound without half titles. 2 vols. 12mo (6-7/8 x 4-3/8 inches 172 x 113 mm.). 'We will grieve not, rather find / Strength in what remains behind'. 'All bright and glittering in the smokeless air'
Wordworth's 1807 Poems presents a large number of first appearances of his best known works, and indeed, some of the most enduring poems of the English language: "Resolution and Independence"; "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" "Ode to Duty"; "The Solitary Reaper"; "Elegiac Stanzas"; "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802"; "London, 1802"; "The world is too much with us"; and, finally, "Ode: Intimations of Immortality" Healey 19; Ashley 8: 12-14; Wise, Wordsworth no. 8
Wordworth's 1807 Poems presents a large number of first appearances of his best known works, and indeed, some of the most enduring poems of the English language: "Resolution and Independence"; "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" "Ode to Duty"; "The Solitary Reaper"; "Elegiac Stanzas"; "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802"; "London, 1802"; "The world is too much with us"; and, finally, "Ode: Intimations of Immortality" Healey 19; Ashley 8: 12-14; Wise, Wordsworth no. 8
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- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 323276
- Title
- Poems, in Two Volumes
- Author
- Wordsworth, William
- Format/Binding
- [iii]-[viii], 158; [iii]-[viii], 170 pp. Bound without half titles. 2 vols. 12mo (6-7/8 x 4-3/8 inches 172 x 113 mm.)
- Book Condition
- Used - Quarter speckled calf over marbled boards. Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. With cancels D11 in volume I and B2 in volume II
- Publisher
- Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1807
- Keywords
- Romanticism | British | Poetry | William Wordsworth
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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