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The Romantic Poets. Three pirated editions, comprising the Renier-St Clair copies of Shelley (Percy Bysshe), Rosalind and Helen, A Modern Eclogue; with Other Poems, first edition thus, London: Printed and Published by John Ascham, 1834, lacking final leaf, [&] Queen Mab: A Philosophical Poem. With Notes. To which is added, A Brief Memoir of the Author, ?first edition thus, London: James Watson, n.d. [c. 1840-1857], 112pp, each disbound, 8vo, [&] [Southey (Robert)], Wat Tyler; A Dramatic Poem, first edition thus, ?second/?third edition overall, London: Printed for W. Hone, 1817, half-title, tipped-in contemporary newspaper/periodical clippings disbound, 12mo, (3).
Provenance: 1st & 2nd: 1) Renier, either Fernand Gabriel (1905-1988) or Anne Renier (1911-1988), ink manuscript ownership inscription to verso of each title-page; 2) William St Clair FBA (1937-2021), his inscribed manila sleeves. 3rd: James Cornish, contemporary ink MS inscription.
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