Robert Browning; Thomas J. Wise [Compiler]; Thurman L. Hood [Editor] — The Letters of Robert Browning

London, John Murray, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first UK edition of the collected letters of Robert Browning with the vanishingly scarce original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Complete with the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. This is the first UK edition of this work. This volume presents a selection of Robert Browning"s personal letters, offering insight into his literary life, friendships, and travels. This volume of letters has been collected by Thomas J. Wise, and includes an introduction an editorial notes by Thurman L. Hood. Illustrated with sixteen monochrome plates, including a portrait of Robert Browning in Rome, 1861. Collated, complete.Robert Browning, one of the most esteemed Victorian poets and playwrights, is best known for early works such as Pauline (1833) and Paracelsus (1835), as well as for his enduring masterpieces Men and Women and The Ring and the Book. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with the slightest rubbing and bumping to extremities. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Slight damp staining to rear endpapers with the odd spot. Dust wrapper, smart. Unclipped. The odd slight handing mark to wraps. Slight rubbing and umping to extremities resulting in the odd small closed tear, chip and crease. Slight age toning to extremities and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Various. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.