[FIRST BOOKS]. BUCHANAN, ROBERT. Undertones, 1863, slightly rubbed and soiled--[HOPKINS, GERARD MANLEY]. MILES, ALFRED H., editor. The Poets and the Poetry of the Century, [1893], t.e.g., others uncut, heel of spine slightly frayed, cloth slipcase, one of 300 copies of the deluxe issue, containing eight poems by Hopkins, introduced by Robert Bridges, marking Hopkins's first publication in book form--MARSTON, PHILIP BOURKE. Song-tide, and Other Poems, 1871, spine darkened. Fredeman 50.1--NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY, Cardinal. Verses on Various Occasions, 1868, orange cloth, spine a trifle darkened, cloth slipcase, First Issue. Hayward 281--PAYNE, JOHN. The Masque of Shadows and Other Poems, 1870, unopened. Fredeman 54.1--ROSSETTI, WILLIAM MICHAEL. Swinburne's Poems and Ballads. A Criticism, 1866, slight stains on rear cover, endpaper cracked at rear inner hinge, cloth slipcase. Fredeman 62.13--SYMONDS, JOHN ADDINGTON. The Escorial. A Prize Poem, Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 30, 1860, Oxford, 1860, printed beige wrappers, cloth slipcase. Very fine copy of his Newdigate Prize poem; London, except as noted, together 7 vols., original bindings (cloth, except as stated), FIRST EDITIONS, each the author's first book, unless otherwise indicated. (7)

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[FIRST BOOKS]. BUCHANAN, ROBERT. Undertones, 1863, slightly rubbed and soiled--[HOPKINS, GERARD MANLEY]. MILES, ALFRED H., editor. The Poets and the Poetry of the Century, [1893], t.e.g., others uncut, heel of spine slightly frayed, cloth slipcase, one of 300 copies of the deluxe issue, containing eight poems by Hopkins, introduced by Robert Bridges, marking Hopkins's first publication in book form--MARSTON, PHILIP BOURKE. Song-tide, and Other Poems, 1871, spine darkened. Fredeman 50.1--NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY, Cardinal. Verses on Various Occasions, 1868, orange cloth, spine a trifle darkened, cloth slipcase, First Issue. Hayward 281--PAYNE, JOHN. The Masque of Shadows and Other Poems, 1870, unopened. Fredeman 54.1--ROSSETTI, WILLIAM MICHAEL. Swinburne's Poems and Ballads. A Criticism, 1866, slight stains on rear cover, endpaper cracked at rear inner hinge, cloth slipcase. Fredeman 62.13--SYMONDS, JOHN ADDINGTON. The Escorial. A Prize Poem, Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 30, 1860, Oxford, 1860, printed beige wrappers, cloth slipcase. Very fine copy of his Newdigate Prize poem; London, except as noted, together 7 vols., original bindings (cloth, except as stated), FIRST EDITIONS, each the author's first book, unless otherwise indicated. (7)