[Rarebooks] For Sale: "Aurora Leigh" first edition

[Norman Kane]

BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT.   AURORA LEIGH.  London: Chapman & Hall, 
1857.  First edition.  Octavo, 7 1/2 X 4 3/4 inches, full rushed 
morocco by Zaehnsdorf, front joint strengthened, free end paper 
clumsily repaired, gilt triple borders with corner ornaments, all 
edges gilt, edges somewhat rubbed, raised
bands rubbed, no half-title.  (A narrative, somewhat self-revelatory poem.
"Virginia Woolf argued that Aurora Leigh's heroine, 'with her 
passionate interest in the social questions, her conflict as artist 
and woman, her longing for knowledge and freedom, is the true 
daughter of her age.'  Woolf's praise of that work predated the 
modern critical reevaluation of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and today 
it attracts more attention than the rest of her poetry" - Everett.)
$110.00                                              (Trade Discount 10%)

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