Wordsworth a Life

Viking, (2000).. First Edition; Thick 8vo; pp. xvii, 971; 16 pages of plates with 41 illustrations, map, family trees, abbreviations of names used in notes, abbreviations of sources used in notes, notes, bibliography, index; original cloth, dustjacket; previous owner's stamp on bottom of title page, otherwise a fine copy. With associated articles. The book re-creates the intimacy… Read more about this item

London, Viking, 2000 Hardcover, First Edition , First printing in dustjacket. 971 pages. A well illustrated and detailed study of the poet's life. A Fine copy without inscriptions in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. Pictures available.

Uncreased spine, no writing or marks, no folded page corners, remainder mark on bottom page edge.

Lond. Viking., 2000.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 971pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. William Wordsworth's life reads like a novel. Orphaned at a young age & dependent on the charity of unsympathetic relatives, he became the archetypal teenage rebel. The life of a romantic poet.