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BROWNING, Robert (1812?1889). The Poetical Works of? New Yo...

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BROWNING, Robert (1812?1889). The Poetical Works of? New York: Macmillan and Co., 1894?1903. 17 works in 9 volumes, 8vo. Three?quarter red levant, raised bands, gilt titling in compartments, top edge gilt. Provenance: James Porter and Mabel Peck Forsythe (engraved bookplate). AN ATTRACTIVE SET. ?? [TOGETHER WITH:] Christmas Eve and Easter?Day: A Poem. London: Chapman & Hall, 1850. 8vo. Half?title. Publisher?s blindstamped green cloth, uncut. FINE. ???[ALSO WITH:] STOWELL, Roy Sherman. Literary Studies: The Significance of The Ring and the Book. Boston: The Poet?Lore Company, 1903. 8vo. Publisher?s dark blue cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY GIVEN TO THE AUTHOR?S PARENTS with an inscription below: ?This is the first copy of this book given with the compliments of the author?. With an additional inscription ?To Browning Foundation/Scripps College/Claremont/Cali?. ?? Together, 19 works in 11 volumes, condition generally fine.