William Wordsworth — The Excursion

London, Edward Moxon, 1844. Cloth. A thirty-year anniversary edition of Wordsworth's abstract philosophical poem, published a year after he became Poet Laureate. A new edition of The Excursion, the acclaimed philosophical poem, written by celebrated Romantic poet William Wordsworth. Published in 1844, thirty years after its first publication. In the publisher's original cloth, with publisher's original advertisements bound between the front end papers.  The Excursion was originally requested by Samuel Taylor Coleridge as a passionate attempt to revive revolutionary spirit, Wordsworth's philosophical dialogue was a splinter in their partnership but today considered among Wordsworth's greatest works. The poem can be read as an account on the friendship between the two literary giants. This edition being published in 1844 was a year after Wordsworth became Poet Laureate, and includes retrospective notes to the rear.  In the publisher's original cloth, with publisher's original advertisements bound between the front end papers. Externally, split to front joint from head to centre, with a small incision to spine from rear joint. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities, with minor loss to head of spine. A couple of faint handling marks to front and rear board. A couple of faint marks to yellow end papers, with the odd spot to advertisements. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are mostly bright and clean, with faint spotting to the odd leaf, heavier to the rear. Good . Ill.: None. Good .