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Browning, Elizabeth Barrett POEMS OF CHILDHOOD New York James Miller 1867

First Edition. With an engraved frontispiece of the author and illustrations throughout by Hennessy and Thwaites. 8vo, publisher's original green cloth, decorated in gilt on the upper cover and spine. 162 pp. A fine, bright and beautifully preserved copy.

EXTREMELY SCARCE FIRST EDITION. Rarely encountered in this fine condition. Browning's poetry was already critically and publically accepted while she was alive; for example, she was considered Wordsworth's successor as poet laureate upon his death. However, Browning's more advanced ideas may appeal to readers of this generation. Browning was sympathetic to the ideas of Mary Wollstonecraft, politically progressive in her views and in the literary realm, transformed poetic style and content. Thus, her work is by no means a mere curiosity but rather representative of the highest literary and intellectual achievements.

$US1750

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