BROWNING, ROBERT. Selections from the Poetical Works. London: Chapman and Hall 1863. 12mo, contemporary cream morocco gilt, red morocco spine label, edges stained red, inch-and-a-half tear at rear outer joint, covers soiled, other wear, two-inch hole in half-title at lower gutter, a few leaves with marginal nicks. PRESENTATION COPY FROM BROWNING TO HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, apparently a Christmas gift, inscribed by the poet on the half-title in brown ink (slightly faded): "George G. Barrett from his most affectionate Robert Browning. London, Dec. 22, '62." Elizabeth Barrett Browning had died the previous year.

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BROWNING, ROBERT. Selections from the Poetical Works. London: Chapman and Hall 1863. 12mo, contemporary cream morocco gilt, red morocco spine label, edges stained red, inch-and-a-half tear at rear outer joint, covers soiled, other wear, two-inch hole in half-title at lower gutter, a few leaves with marginal nicks. PRESENTATION COPY FROM BROWNING TO HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, apparently a Christmas gift, inscribed by the poet on the half-title in brown ink (slightly faded): "George G. Barrett from his most affectionate Robert Browning. London, Dec. 22, '62." Elizabeth Barrett Browning had died the previous year.