Lot 104
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COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834). Christabel: Kubla Khan, A Vision; The Pains of Sleep. London: W. Bulmer and Co. for John Murray, 1816. 8° (206 x 130mm). (Lacking half-title and without adverts., some darkening at extreme margins, occasional faint spot, a reader's marginal line on last leaves.) Near-contemporary three-quarter green stipple-grain roan, flat spine lettered in gilt (a little light wear). Provenance: James Bromley (bookplate by George Roland Halkett).
COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834). Christabel: Kubla Khan, A Vision; The Pains of Sleep. London: W. Bulmer and Co. for John Murray, 1816. 8° (206 x 130mm). (Lacking half-title and without adverts., some darkening at extreme margins, occasional faint spot, a reader's marginal line on last leaves.) Near-contemporary three-quarter green stipple-grain roan, flat spine lettered in gilt (a little light wear). Provenance: James Bromley (bookplate by George Roland Halkett).

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COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834). Christabel: Kubla Khan, A Vision; The Pains of Sleep. London: W. Bulmer and Co. for John Murray, 1816. 8° (206 x 130mm). (Lacking half-title and without adverts., some darkening at extreme margins, occasional faint spot, a reader's marginal line on last leaves.) Near-contemporary three-quarter green stipple-grain roan, flat spine lettered in gilt (a little light wear). Provenance: James Bromley (bookplate by George Roland Halkett).

FIRST EDITION, containing the first appearance in print of three of Coleridge's most celebrated poems, including his visionary 'Kubla Khan'. The volume was previously owned by James Bromley, friend and mentor to the poet William Watson, united by their passion for the Romantic poets. Hayward 207; Sterling 188.

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