[WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM and SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE]. Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: Printed for J. & A. Arch, 1798, [Vol. II]: Printed for T.N. Longman and O. Rees... by Biggs and Co., Bristol, 1800. 2 vols., 8vo, modern red morocco by Zaehnsdorf, t.e.g. others uncut, light staining to covers, some leaves in vol. I repaired (torn and mended). Vol I: FIRST EDITION, second issue, with the London imprint, errata leaf at end. Rothschild 2604; Grolier English 66; Vol II: FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with 10 lines on p. 210 and with errata listing three errors. Tinker 2330. A landmark of English poetry; the majority of the poems are by Wordsworth, but among Coleridge's contributions is the erliest version of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Joseph Cottle, the original Bristol publisher of Lyrical Ballads, had five hundred copies printed, but almost immediately dispoesed of his stock to the London publisher Arch, who had a new title-page prepared. Some thirteen copies of the Bristol first issue are know. (2)

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[WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM and SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE]. Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: Printed for J. & A. Arch, 1798, [Vol. II]: Printed for T.N. Longman and O. Rees... by Biggs and Co., Bristol, 1800. 2 vols., 8vo, modern red morocco by Zaehnsdorf, t.e.g. others uncut, light staining to covers, some leaves in vol. I repaired (torn and mended). Vol I: FIRST EDITION, second issue, with the London imprint, errata leaf at end. Rothschild 2604; Grolier English 66; Vol II: FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with 10 lines on p. 210 and with errata listing three errors. Tinker 2330. A landmark of English poetry; the majority of the poems are by Wordsworth, but among Coleridge's contributions is the erliest version of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Joseph Cottle, the original Bristol publisher of Lyrical Ballads, had five hundred copies printed, but almost immediately dispoesed of his stock to the London publisher Arch, who had a new title-page prepared. Some thirteen copies of the Bristol first issue are know. (2)

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