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Robert Browning's prose life of Strafford / with an introduction by C. H. Firth ; and forewords by F. J. Furnivall.
Other title: Life of Strafford
Lives of eminent British statesmen : Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford
London : Publisht for The Browning Society by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, 1892.
lxxvi, 320 p. ; 18 cm.
Originally written by John Forster with help by Robert Browning and published in his "Lives of eminent British statesmen" under title "Thomas Wentworth, earl of Strafford."
With a half-title.
Includes index.
Publisher's dark olive ribbed and morocco cloth with lettering stamped in gold on spine, and decoration stamped in gold on black, with black coated endpapers.
Broughton, Northup & Pearsall, A 179.
From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection.
F. J. Furnival's copy with ms. ownership signature and ms. annotations throughout text and notes on front endpaper and on loose fragments of paper in his hand.
Numerous loose and pasted in periodical cuttings featuring reviews of this book or Browning related articles.
One pasted in and one loose ms. letter, and one loose postcard to F. J. Furnival about the authorship of this work.
Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825 - 1910 former owner.
Firth, C. H. (Charles Harding) (Charles Harding),
Meredith, Michael, 1936 - ? donor.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. publisher.
England London.
B29013