BROWNING, Robert.
Dramatis Personae.
London: Chapman and Hall , 1864.
$600.00
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Item Number: RRB-124109
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"The swallow has set her six young on the rail, and looks sea-ward: The waters stripes like a snake, olive-pale to the leeward": First edition of Robert Browning's Dramatis Personae
First edition of Browning's popular poetry collection. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Ownership inscription. Small chip to the front free endpaper. With a note from H. Sotheran & Co. laid in.
Browning wrote Dramatis Personae in London, where he had returned with his son after the death of his wife, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. It was his first publication after a nine-year hiatus. During this time, Browning's reputation was fluctuating, and Dramatis Personae along with The Ring and the Book, which is widely considered his greatest work, were enough to begin a critical re-evaluation of the writer. This new style was appreciated, as Dramatis Personae sold enough copies for a second edition to be published, which was a first in Browning's career.
Dramatis Personae.
$600.00
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