The Works of Robert Browning (10 volume set, Fine Binding)
The Works of Robert Browning (10 volume set, Fine Binding)
Robert Browning, Frederic G. Kenyon
Smith, Elder, London; Ballantyne & Hanson Press, 1912
[Fine Binding] Centenary Edition, limited to 500 sets. Complete in 10 volumes; 24 cm. Bound in brown morocco, with elaborate gilt stamping to front and back covers. Gilt spine compartments, 5 raised bands. Top edges gilt. Clean, unmarked pages. Frontispiece photogravure illustrations. Antique Laid Paper. Early bookplate of Donald S. Tuttle. Contents: v. 1. Pauline. Paracelsus. Sordello; v. 2. Strafford. Pippa passes. King Victor and King Charles. The return of the Druses. A blot in the 'scutcheon. Colombe's birthday; v. 3. Luria. A soul's tragedy. Dramatic lyrics. Dramatic romances; v. 4. Christmas-eve and Easter-day. Men and women. In a balcony. Dramatis personae; v. 5-6. The ring and the book; v. 7. Balaustion's adventure. Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau. Fifine at the fair. Red cotton night-cap country; v. 8. Aristophanes' apology. The inn album. The Agamemnon of Aeschylus; v. 9. Pacchiarotto and how he worked in distemper, with other poems. La Saisiaz. The two poets of Croisic. Dramatic idyls, with seven additional poems; v. 10. Jocoseria. Ferishtah's fancies. Parleyings with certain people of importance in their day. Asolando.