Edmund W. Gosse — Seventeenth-Century Studies
London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. 1883. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this contribution to the history of English poetry by Edmund W. Gosse. With a Preface by the author. Sir Edmund William Gosse CB (21 September 1849 16 May 1928) was an English poet, author and critic; the son of Philip Henry Gosse and Emily Bowes. In an amateur half calf leather binding with cloth covered boards and contrasting label to the spine. Externally, generally smart, lightly rubbed in places. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. There is an old ink inscription to the half-title page, dated 1884. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .