[Rarebooks] FS: William Wordsworth's POEMS, 1842, INSCRIBED to Robert Southey's son-in-law

[Charles Agvent]

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WORDSWORTH,  William.  POEMS, CHIEFLY OF EARLY  AND  LATER  YEARS;
INCLUDING  THE BORDERERS, A TRAGEDY. London: Edward Moxon 1842.  First
Edition.  Original brown cloth with a leaf of ads at the end  followed
by  an additional collective title page and half-title page,  allowing
the  book  to form the seventh and final volume of the 1836-7  edition
of  Wordsworth's  POETICAL WORKS. Wordsworth's last collection of  new
work,  and  somewhat scarce. This is a Presentation copy INSCRIBED  by
the  poet on the front pastedown: "Herbert Hill/from/the  Author/April
1842."  Herbert  Hill  married Robert Southey's daughter,  Bertha,  in
1839  and was a neighbor of Wordsworth's living with his wife in  John
Fleming's  cottage in Rydal. Hill served as tutor for Matthew  Arnold.
Both  Hill  and  Wordsworth attended Southey's funeral in  March  1843
after  which  Wordsworth was selected to replace Southey as  England's
Poet  Laureate. Rebacked some time ago with nearly all of the original
spine  but  for the tips retained. An engraved portrait of the  author
is  laid  down  on  the verso of the front free  endpaper.  Very  Good
                                                               $8500.00

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