[Rarebooks] FS: Cowper's Poems. 2 vols. 1782 & 1785

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Cowper, William. POEMS. London: Printed for J. Johnson. 1782. (4),368pp. WITH
: Cowper, William. THE TASK, A POEM, in Six Books. To Which Are Added, by the 
Same Author, an Epistle of Joseph Hill, Esq. Tirocinium, or a Review of 
Schools, and the History of John Gilpin. London: Printed for J. Johnson. 1785. First 
edition. With the half-title “Poems by William Cowper. Vol. II.” (8),360pp. 
Old water stain at inner margin of first few leaves. Worming at rear affecting 
2 leaves, and touching a few letters of the final leaf (of ads). The two 
volumes uniformly bound in cont. tree calf, red calf spine labels reading “Cowper’
s Poems”. Small bookplates on front pastedowns. Laid in is an engraved 
portrait of Cowper.     $600.00 (trade discount allowed)
Grolier Club, English Literature #60. THE TASK contains the first appearance 
of “The Tale of John Gilpin.”

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