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ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING. Poems, 2 volumes, 1844. Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Poems, 2 volumes, first edition, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the free-endpaper verso, 'Arabel Barrett, with the truest affection of her Ba, August 1844', 8 page publisher's catalogue, original publisher's cloth, 8vo, London: Edward Moxon, 1844
PROVENANCE: From the family of Octavius Moulton-Barrett (1824-1910), youngest brother of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, thence by descent.
Elizabeth Barrett's two volume edition of Poems, earned the author both commercial and critical success. It prompted her future husband, Robert Browning, to write and express his admiration for her work. Arabel Barrett (1813-1868) was Elizabeth Barrett Browning's younger sister. 'Ba' was the family pet name she was known by. Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Poems, 2 volumes, first edition, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the free-endpaper verso, 'Arabel Barrett, with the truest affection of her Ba, August 1844', 8 page publisher's catalogue, original publisher's cloth, 8vo, London: Edward Moxon, 1844
PROVENANCE: From the family of Octavius Moulton-Barrett (1824-1910), youngest brother of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, thence by descent.
Elizabeth Barrett's two volume edition of Poems, earned the author both commercial and critical success. It prompted her future husband, Robert Browning, to write and express his admiration for her work. Arabel Barrett (1813-1868) was Elizabeth Barrett Browning's younger sister. 'Ba' was the family pet name she was known by.
Volume one missing spine, both volumes somewhat browned.
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