Elizabeth Barrett Browning — Poems

London, Chapman and Hall, 1853. Leather. The third edition of this significant poetical collection from one of the most prominent English Victorian poets, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The third edition of this work, complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in full calf. This collection succeeded in making Elizabeth Barrett Browning one of the most popular writers of England, including the works 'A Drama of Exile', 'A Vision of Poets' and 'Lady Geraldine's Courtship&apos. Browning's prolific output made her a rival to Tennyson as a candidate for poet laureate in 1850 on the death of Wordsworth. Uniformly bound in full calf. Externally, with wear to the extremities and marks to the boards. Darkening and fading to the spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting and a few tidemarks to the endpapers. Good . Ill.: None. Good .