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Browning (Robert).    Edward Moxon,  1840 First Edition    Original drab boards, printed label on spine (Carter A), uncut. Half-title, eighteen pages advertisements at end Boards a little rubbed and soiled, lower joint cracked, spine slightly chipped and slight spotting to end-papers and half-title, but a very nice copy; ownership signature on front free end-paper and stamp on title, printed label “24” on spine, book labels Broughton, Northup and Pearsall A14; Wise 4; Tinker 416 Partly written in Italy, this is the densest of Browning’s works (even he described it as “unintelligible”). It received an extremely hostile reception from press and public alike and eclipsed his reputation for some twenty years. 

Price: £850