Philadephia: Printed and Sold by James Humphreys 1802, 1802. First American edition printed from the London Second edition. Two volumes in one. 12mo. in 6s. 160x100mm. pp. xxii, 1-5, [6], [13]-159 [1bl]; 170. Lacking final leaf of notes in volume two. Later half calf, marbled paper covered boards, spine with four raised bands, compartments decorated in gilt, maroon morocco label lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Front pastedown with book label of Christopher Clark Geest. At the head of the first poem in volume one is inscribed "Maria Breaton". Extremities rubbed and internally there is some browning but overall a very good copy. First published in England in 1798, the second London edition of Lyrical Ballads included the Preface which is regarded as a manifesto of Romanticism. It was this second edition that made it across the Atlantic Ocean and introduced American readers to the English Romantic movement. Although Wordsworth was the driving force behind the book and contributed most of the poems (including the sublime Tintern Abbey), perhaps the most celebrated work in the collection is the Coleridge's The Rime of Ancyent Marinere which was later to be revised and glossed in Sibylline Leaves.

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Bookseller: Voewood Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4023
Title: Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems
Author: WORDSWORTH, W
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Philadephia: Printed and Sold by James Humphreys 1802
Date Published: 1802

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Simon Finch has been a Rare Book Dealer since 1980. He has had shops in Notting Hill Gate, Mayfair and Holt, Norfolk. His firm has handled a wide variety of material from the First Folio of Shakespeare to the wilder shores of the counterculture and everything in between. In 1998, Simon bought Voewood, one of the finest Arts and Crafts and houses and brought it back to life with an eight-year programme of renovation and restoration. Voewood Rare Books, which operates from Voewood, is the continuation for Simon of a long career in the book trade. It also represents an important link with the House. Voewood is always beautiful, surprising, mysterious and perhaps a little disorientating and we aim to bring something of this spirit to the bookshop. Whilst our focus in on the visual arts, literature and the counter-culture, we deal also in a broad range of antiquarian and modern rare books across all subject areas. Our collection can be found here at Biblio and on our website. We are open by appointment and can always be contacted by email.

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