Author: Robert Browning
Title: The Poetical Works of Robert Browning
Description: London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1902. Leather. The poetical works of Victorian poet Robert Browning in seventeen parts, uniformly and handsomely bound in four half morocco volumes. The complete poetical works of noted Victorian poet Robert Browning, here presented in seventeen volumes bound in four. Robert Browning (1812-1889) was a prolific English poet and playwright. Remembered for his epic poem 'The Ring and the Book', as well as poems 'Pauline', 'Paracelsus' and 'Sordello&apos. Interestingly, the year he died, his voice was recorded at a dinner party on an Edison cylinder phonograph recorder and was played back on the anniversary of his death in 1890: this was said to be the first time anyone's voice had been heard 'from beyond the grave&apos. His works were characterized by their irony, dark humour and social commentaries.Volume I comprises of 'Pauline', 'Sordello', 'Paracelsus', 'Strafford', 'Pippa Passes', 'King Victor and King Charles', 'The Return of the Druses', 'A Soul's Tragedy', 'A Blot in the 'Scutcheon', 'Colombe's Birthday', and 'Men and Women&apos.Volume II comprises of various dramatic romances, 'Christmas Eve', 'Christmas Day', various dramatic lyrics, 'Luria', 'In A Balcony', 'Dramatis Personae', 'Balaustion's Adventure', 'Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau', and 'Fifine at the Fair&apos.Volume III comprises of 'The Ring and The Book' Parts I, II, and III, 'Red Cotton Night-Cap Country', and 'The Inn Album&apos. Volume IV comprises of 'Pacchiarotto and How He Worked in Distemper', various dramatic idylls, 'Jososeria', 'Ferishtah's Fancies', 'Parleyings with Certain People', and other miscellaneous poems. Each volume contains two engraved plates depicting portraits of Robert Browning, and Volume III contains a facsimile of the title page of 'Report of the Trial of Guido Franceschini&apos. Collated and complete. Including the half titles bound in as issued.Containing a small B.H. Blackwell bookseller sticker to the front pastedown of each volume. Handsomely bound in half morocco with cloth covered boards. Externally, very smart, with just some light rubbing to the joints, heads and tails of the spines, and extremities. Containing a small B.H. Blackwell bookseller sticker to the front pastedown of each volume. Containing a previous owner's small ink inscription to the front blank of Volume I. Internally, all volumes firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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