Shelfmark
Id3.4.19(01)-Id3.4.19(02)
Author
Title
A drama of exile : and other poems / by Elizabeth Barrett Barrett [...]
Varying form of title
Other title: Poems
Publication, distribution, etc.
New York : Henry G. Langley, MDCCCXLV [1845 i.e. 1844]
Physical description
2 v. (264 ; 280, 8 p.) ; 18 cm.
Note
Published in Britain as "Poems".
Note
Four final advertisement leaves in vol 2.
Note
Publisher's ribbed teal cloth with blind stamped decoration on boards and gilt lettering and decoration stamped on spine.
Provenance
From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection, with bookplate.
Provenance
Ms. ownership inscription in pencil in both vols: "Clara Strong. Litchfield Comm. July 29th '49."
Binding
Housed in late 20th century red morocco and cloth box with gilt lettering and tooling.
Copy-specific note
Fragment of a ms. letter (dated 1844-08-04) to George Goodwin Moulton-Barrett from Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, afterwards Browning, loose in vol 1, about the publication and title of this work in Great Britain and the reception of it in America.
Copy-specific note
Ms. annotations in pencil throughout text.
Copy-specific note
Ms. bookseller's code in pencil.
Added entry--name
Meredith, Michael, 1936 - ? former owner.
Added entry--name
Moulton-Barrett, George Goodin, 1817 - 1895 correspondent.
Added entry--name
Strong, Clara former owner.
Added entry--name
Langley, Henry G. publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B30624