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Thirteenth edition. Five volumes. Octavo ( 176mm. ) Pp. [5] vi [4], [3] 4 - 314 [2] publishers adverts. Plates [1] frontispiece of the the author. Unopened ; [5] v- - viii, [1] 2 309 [1], [2] publishers' adverts ;[5] vi - vii [1], [1] 2 - 310, [2] publishers' adverts ; [6], [5] vi - viii, [3] iv, [1] 2 - [1] 6 - 381, [2] publishers' adverts ;[1] 2 - 403 [1], [4] publishers adverts. All volumes with a half title. Contents clean and bright. Publisher's mauve coloured cloth over bevel edged boards, the spines lettered in gilt, heads of spines very slightly pulled, but an attractive set nevertheless, and a very good plus set. Elizabeth Barrett Browning ( 1806 - 1881 ) was a major nineteenth - century woman poet. This collection includes in Vol. IV. ' Last Poems ' which are considered ' some of the most stringent and beautiful lyrics ' she ever wrote. Leigh Hunt called her ' the sister of Tennyson ', however one of her unknown reviewers remarks ' We object to this, and claim her as Shakespeare's daughter ! Great as Robert Browning is in the world of poetry, his wife is literally " the better half' " - Allibone, Vol.I. p.266. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000592
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