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Robert Browning. Dramatic Idyls. [First and Second Series]. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1879 and 1880.... (Total: 2 )
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Robert Browning. Dramatic Idyls. [First and Second Series]. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1879 and 1880.2 volumes, 12mo. Full scarlet levant morocco, sides with gilt triple fillet borders, spines elaborately gilt, doublures of blue levant morocco with gilt-tooled borders, linings of crimson moiré, edges gilt, by the Scroll Club Bindery; cloth slipcases.
FIRST EDITIONS. PRESENTATION COPIES, EACH VOLUME INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title: "Mrs. Skirrow / with RB's affectionate regards," the first dated "Apr. 26 '79," and the second "June 27 '80." Mrs. Charles (Amelia Cherry) Skirrow is noted to be one of a small and devoted circle of women who were enamored of the aging Browning and well received by him. Contemporary reports record Mrs. Skirrow's many gifts and flirtations in her association with Browning.
Condition: Some very slight marginal toning.
References: Broughton, Northup and Pearsall A109 and A111.
Provenance: Amelia Cherry Skirrow (presentation inscription); Jerome Kern (bookplates; his sale, The Anderson Galleries, 7 January 1929, lot 122); purchased from Charles Sessler, Philadelphia. From the William A. Strutz Library.
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2024 December 11 Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part II, Rare Books Signature® Auction #6300 (go to Auction Home page)
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