[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed. of Wordsworth's "The Waggoner." London: 1819

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Wordsworth, William. THE WAGGONER, A POEM. To Which Are Added, Sonnets. London: Printed by Strahan and Spottiswoode for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. 1819. First edition. iv,68pp. Finely bound in gilt tooled brown morocco by Cobden-Sanderson at the Doves Bindery, dated 1900. A.e.g. This copy has since been rebacked (not by the Doves Bindery) in matching style. Bound in at rear are the original drab paper wrappers, the original printed paper spine label, and a leaf of the publisher's ads.	$1,750.00 (trade discount allowed)
Wordsworth dedicated this book to Charles Lamb (who had encouraged him to publish it). Wise. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORDSWORTH #17.


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