Sale 829: Antiquarian & Collectible Books with Fine Press: Selections from the Professor George Starr Collection (with additions)

Author
Edgeworth, Maria
Headline
Collected tales of Maria Edgeworth, 1825, 14 vols.
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
R. Hunter; Baldwin, Craddock, and Joy; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Co.; et al.
Date Published
1825

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132

Les Mamelles de Tirésias

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(Ferat, Serge)
Author
Apollinaire, Guillaume
Headline
Apollinaire's Surrealist Breasts of Tiresias
Publisher
Éditions Sic
Date Published
1918

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136

The Asbestos Society of Sinners: Detailing the Diversions of Dives and others on the Playground of Pluto...

Author
Fogg, Lawrence Daniel
Headline
The Asbestos Society of Sinners 1st
Publisher
Mayhew Publishing Company
Date Published
[1906]

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159

Two Games for Children & the Young at Heart

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(Games)
Headline
Parlor games from the turn of the century
Date Published
1892 & 1902

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161

The Defense of Gracchus Babeuf Before the High Court of Vendome

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(Gehenna Press)
Author
Scott, John Anthony, editor
Headline
With Etchings by Thomas Cornell, signed by Baskin
Publisher
The Gehenna Press
Date Published
1964

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166

Life of Geoffrey Chaucer, The Early English Poet:...

Author
Godwin, William
Headline
Godwin's Life of Geoffrey Chaucer 1804
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
T. Davison
Date Published
1804

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168

Mandeville. A Tale of the Seventeenth Century [with] Mandeville; Or, the Last Words of a Maniac!

Author
Godwin, William
Headline
Godwin's last novel, Mandeville 1st edition
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Printed for Archibald Constable and Co./Effingham Wilson
Date Published
1817-1818

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169

St. Leon [with] Caleb Williams

Author
Godwin, William
Headline
2 finely bound William Godwin volumes
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Colburn and Bentley
Date Published
1831

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171

Faust: A Tragedy

Author
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Headline
Faust: A Tragedy c.1870 Stroefer & Kirchner
Publisher
Stroefer and Kirchner
Date Published
[1870]

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172

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship

Author
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang
Headline
Goethe's Wilhelm Meister, 1st Carlyle translation
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Oliver & Boyd
Date Published
1824

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176

The Dwindling Party

Author
Gorey, Edward
Headline
Signed by Edward Gorey
Publisher
Random House
Date Published
[1982]

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177

Sapho

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(Gorguet, Auguste-François, illustrator)
Author
Daudet, Alphonse
Headline
Daudet's Sapho, 1/12, plates in multiple states
Publisher
Armand Magnier
Date Published
1897

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180

The Poems of Gray

Author
Gray, Thomas
Headline
Poems of Thomas Gray 1800
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Printed by T. Bensley for F.J. DuRoveray
Date Published
1800

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183

Detskii Ostrov / Children's Island

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(Grigoriev, Boris, illustrator)
Author
Chernii, Sasha [pseud. of Alexander Mikhailovich Glikberg]
Headline
Children's poems illustrated by Boris Grigoriev
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Slovo
Date Published
[1921]

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185

Hafis: Eine Sammlung Persischer Gedichte

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(Hafez)
Author
Daumer, G. Fr., translator
Headline
Daumer's Hafez translations
Publisher
Eugen Diederichs
Date Published
1912

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191

The Origin of the English Drama, Illustrated in its Various Species, viz. Mystery, Morality, Tragedy, and Comedy, by Specimens from our Earliest Writers: With Explanatory Notes

Author
Hawkins, Thomas
Headline
Origin of the English Drama, 1773
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Date Published
1773

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200

Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera

Author
Horace
Headline
Engraved by John Pine
Publisher
Johannes Pine
Date Published
1733-1737

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211

Five volumes by Henry James

Author
James, Henry
Headline
Five volumes by Henry James
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published
1902-1910

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212

A Little Tour in France

Author
James, Henry
Headline
Henry James Little Tour France illus. Pennell
Publisher
Houghton, Mifflin
Date Published
1900

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214

Le Gil-Blas françois ou Aventures de Henri Lançon, écrites par lui-même

Author
Jeanmarie, Henri, 1756-1808 [M. Le Marie de Nancy, or Lemarie]
Headline
Adventures of Henri Lancon, 1st edition 1790
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
No publisher
Date Published
1790

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221

Decii Junii Juvenalis Aquinatis Satirae Decem et Sex Auli Persii Flacci Satirae Sex

Author
Juvenal and Persius
Headline
Whittington edition of Juvenal and Persius
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
[Excudebat Carolus Whittingham]
Date Published
1845

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223

L'Imitation de Jésus-Christ

Author
[Kempis, Thomas]
Headline
Kempis' Imitation of Jesus-Christ, nicely bound
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Garnier Frères
Date Published
1865

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225

Works of Charles Kingsley

Author
Kingsley, Charles
Headline
Nicely bound set of Charles Kingsley's Works
Publisher
Macmillan and Co.
Date Published
1881

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227

The Spanish Tragedy: or, Hieronimo is Mad Againe. Containing the Lamentable End of Don Horatio, and Belimperia; With the Pitifull Death of Hieronimo

Author
Kyd, Thomas
Headline
Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy 1633
Publisher
Printed by Augustine Mathewes for Francis Grove
Date Published
1633

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230

Le Frou-Frou magazine

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(Le Frou-Frou Magazine)
Headline
Bound collection of Le Frou-Frou magazine
Date Published
1902

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242

Juguetes Mexicanos

Author
Ledesma, G. Fernandez
Headline
Study of Mexican toys
Publisher
[Talleres Gráficos de la Nación]
Date Published
[1930]

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246

Frederic Latimer: or, the History of a Young Man of Fashion

Author
[LeMaistre, John Gustavus]
Headline
Frederic Latimer, 1799 first edition
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Luke Hansard
Date Published
1799

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249

The Arabian Nights Entertainments containing Sixty-five Stories told by Shahrazade....

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(Limited Editions Club)
Author
Burton, Richard F., translator
Headline
Arabian Nights in 4 vols Limited Editions Club
Publisher
Limited Editions Club
Date Published
1954

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252

Magna Britannia; Being a Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain. Vol. II, Part I, containing Cambridgeshire

Author
Lysons, Daniel and Samuel
Headline
With plates of Cambridge 1808
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies
Date Published
1808

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253

The Works of Nicholas Machiavel, Secretary of State to the Republic of Florence

Author
Machiavel, Nicholas
Headline
Expanded edition of Farneworth's Machiavelli
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Printed for T. Davies; J. Dodsley; J. Robson et al.
Date Published
[1775]

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259

Le roi de Portugal, conte, suivi des deux achilles, conte dedicatoire, et d'une epitre au juif Hirschel

Author
Martanges, Bonnet de
Headline
Tales of Portugal court w/ reference to Judaism
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
No publisher
Date Published
1788

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260

Soignez la Gloire de votre Firme et l'excellence de vos Marchandises...

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(Martin, Charles, illustrator)
Author
Cocteau, Jean
Headline
11 pochoir plates by Charles Martin
Publisher
[Draeger Frères]
Date Published
[1925]

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263

Quinze Poèmes d'Émile Verhaeren

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(Masereel, Frans, illustrator)
Author
Verhaeren, Émile
Headline
With 57 woodcuts by Frans Masereel
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Éditions Georges Cres
Date Published
[1917]

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265

Étude de la Mer: Faune et Flore de la Manche et de l'Océan

Author
Méheut, Mathurin
Headline
With 49 color plates of marine life
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts
Date Published
1913

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283

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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(Moser, Barry, illustrator)
Author
Twain, Mark
Headline
Signed by Barry Moser
Publisher
American Heritage Press / [University of California]
Date Published
[1985]

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285

Two Dissertations. I. on the Graecian Mythology. II. An Examination of Sir Isaac Newton's Objections to the Chronology of the Olympiads

Author
Musgrave, Samuel
Headline
Musgrave on the antiquity of Olympic Games
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Printed by J. Nichols
Date Published
1782

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288

Montaigne's Essays: John Florio's Translation

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(Nonesuch Press)
Author
Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de
Headline
Montaigne's Essays from Nonesuch Press
Publisher
The Nonesuch Press
Date Published
1931

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293

Cinderella

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(Pantomime Toy Books)
Headline
Cinderella illustrated in color as a stage play
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
McLoughlin Bro's
Date Published
c. 1880

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297

A Political Dictionary: Explaining the True Meaning of Words. Illustrated and Exemplified in the Lives, Morals, Character and Conduct...

Author
Pigott, Charles
Headline
Pigott's Political Dictionary 1796
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Printed for Thomas Greenleaf
Date Published
1796

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300

The Songs of Bilitis

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(Pogány, Willy, illustrator)
Author
Louÿs, Pierre
Headline
Signed by Willy Pogány
Publisher
Macy-Masius: Publishers
Date Published
[1926]

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303

Deutscher Buch- und Steindrucker

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(Printing)
Headline
Two volumes of German printing journal
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Ernest Morgenstern
Date Published
1897-1910

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305

Dansez Petits

Author
Privas, Xavier
Headline
Dansez Petits, with pochoir illustrations
Publisher
Librairie Delagrave
Date Published
[c.1920s]

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308

Clarisse Harlowe

Author
Richardson, Samuel
Headline
Clarissa in French illus. Chodowiecki of Berlin
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Paul Barde; Moutard; Merigot
Date Published
1785-1786

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309

The History of Sir Charles Grandison [with] Clarissa [with] Pamela

Author
Richardson, Samuel
Headline
Samuel Richardson's three epistolary novels
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Date Published
1770-1776

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310

In the Key of Blue and Other Prose Essays

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(Ricketts, Charles)
Author
Symonds, John Addington
Headline
Symonds Key of Blue, Ricketts cover, 1/50 deluxe
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Elkin Mathews & John Lane and Macmillan
Date Published
1893

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313

Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds: With Notices of Some of His Contemporaries

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(Riviere & Son)
Author
Leslie, Charles Robert and Tom Taylor
Headline
6 volume fine binding by Riviere & Son
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
John Murray
Date Published
1865

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317

Coaching Days and Coaching Ways

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(Riviere & Son)
Author
Tristram, Outram W.
Headline
Unusual embossed binding by Riviere & Son
Publisher
Macmillan
Date Published
1914

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321

The Religion of Vishnoo. The History of the Most Remarkable Events of the Ten Avatars or Incarnations of Vishnoo, the Preserving Power of India...

Author
Rodriguez, Etienne Alexander
Headline
With color plates of Vishnu
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date Published
1849

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325

Collection Complete des Oeuvres de J.J. Rousseau, Citoyen de Geneve

Author
Rousseau, Jean Jacques
Headline
Complete works of Rousseau, 1783-1789
Publisher
De l'Imprimerie de la Sociéte Littéraire Typographique
Date Published
1783-1789

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331

Le Vicaire de Wakefield

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(Samblanx, Charles de)
Author
Goldsmith, [Oliver]
Headline
Charles de Samblanx Cathedral binding
Publisher
Bourgueleret, Éditeur
Date Published
1838

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338

The Art of Maurice Sendak

Author
Sendak, Maurice
Headline
Signed by Maurice Sendak
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Date Published
c.1980

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339

Fox in Socks

Author
Seuss, Dr.
Headline
First Printing of Seuss' Fox in Socks, in dj
Publisher
Beginner Books / Random House
Date Published
1965

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341

Four pamphlets by William Henry Smyth

Author
Smyth, William Henry
Headline
4 works by William Henry Smyth, one signed by him
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Berkeley Daily Gazette
Date Published
1920

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347

Tanglewood Tales

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(Sterrett, Virginia Frances, illustrator)
Author
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Headline
Tanglewood Tales illustrated by Virginia Sterrett
Publisher
The Penn Pub. Co.
Date Published
[1921]

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348

Celebrated Crimes

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(Stikeman & Co.)
Author
Dumas, Alexandre
Headline
Celebrated Crimes, bound by Stikeman & Co.
Publisher
H.S. Nichols
Date Published
1895

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349

Immensee

Author
Storm, Theodore
Headline
Immensee, illustrated by the Armstrong sisters
Publisher
A.C. McClurg & Co.
Date Published
1907

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352

Le nouveau Gulliver, ou Voyage de Jean Gulliver, fils du capitaine Gulliver

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(Swift, Jonathan)
Author
Desfontaines, Pierre-Francois Guyot
Headline
Desfontaines, Le nouveau Gulliver 1730
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Aux dépens de la Compagnie
Date Published
1730

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353

Le Gulliver de la Jeunesse. Voyages de Gulliver dans l'Ile de Lilliput a Brobdingnac, Pays des Géant, a Laputa, etc.

Author
Swift, Jonathan
Headline
Illustrated Gulliver's Travels in French
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Benardin-Béchet
Date Published
1878

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354

Letters, Written by Jonathan Swift, D.D. Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, and Several of his Friends. From the Year 1703 to 1740...

Author
Swift, Jonathan
Headline
Letters from Jonathan Swift
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Printed for T. Davies
Date Published
1767

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355

The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin

Author
Swift, Jonathan
Headline
Jonathan Swift's works
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Date Published
1766

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358

The Seasons

Author
Thomson, James
Headline
Thomson's The Seasons, A New Edition 1778
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Printed for J. Murray
Date Published
1778

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359

The entrance of Alexander the Great into Babylon, being the subject of a marble frieze in H.M. the King of Danemark's Palace of Christiansburg

Author
Thorwaldsen, Bertel
Headline
Alexander the Great enters Babylon
Publisher
[Charles Ketsall]
Date Published
[1836]

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360

The Tragedy of Tolstoy

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(Tolstoy, Leo)
Author
Tolstoy, Alexandra
Headline
Signed by Alexandra Tolstoy
Publisher
Yale University Press
Date Published
1933

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364

The Mysterious Stranger

Author
Twain, Mark
Headline
Mark Twain's unfinished work on Morality
Publisher
Harper & Brothers Publishers
Date Published
c.1916

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368

An Essay on Grammar, as it may be applied to the English Language. In Two Treatises. The one Speculative... The other Practical

Author
Ward, William
Headline
William Ward on English Grammar, 1764
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Printed for Robert Horsfield
Date Published
1765

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371

Ah Moy, the story of a Chinese girl

Author
Wheat, Lu
Headline
Story of a Chinese girl hand-colored 1908
Publisher
Grafton Press
Date Published
[1908]

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379

The Poetical Works

Author
Wordsworth, William
Headline
Five volumes of Wordsworth, 1827
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green
Date Published
1827

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