Coventry Patmore — The Angel in the House

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1866. Leather. A smart fourth edition of this narrative poem from English writer and critic Coventry Patmore. Fourth edition. A narrative poem being an idealised account of Patmore's courtship of his first wife, Emily Augusta Andrews, whom he believed to be the perfect woman. Although largely ignored upon publication, it became enormously popular in the United States during the later nineteenth century and then in Britain. Written by Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore, an English poet and literary critic best known for this work. Bound in full red crushed morocco. Externally, smart with light wear and minor rubbing to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with minor age toning and light spotting to the endpapers. A contemporary ink stamp to the front pastedown with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .