Elizabeth Barrett Browning — Poems

London, Chapman & Hall, 1862. Leather. A smartly bound set of the collected poetical works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, inscribed by the great-nephew of Samuel Taylor Coleridge to his sister, Mary Frances Keble Coleridge. The fifth edition, published one year after Elizabeth's death.Complete in three volumes.Inscribed by John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge to his sister, Mary Frances Keble Coleridge, to the recto of the front free endpaper of Volume I, dated 27th November 1863, which was Mary's 39th birthday. John and Mary were the great-nephew and great-niece of renowned poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. John Coleridge was a lawyer, judge, and Liberal politician, who was at one time the Lord Chief Justice of England.The collected poetical works of Victorian Romantic poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning.Browning published her first adult collection of poetry in 1838, and, once entering into the literary society in the 1840s, wrote prolifically, particularly between 1841 and 1844. Her output of poetry put her in league and rivalry with Tennyson as a candidate for Poet Laureate. Her poetry inspired the likes of Edgar Allan Poe and Emily Dickinson, as well as attracting the writer Robert Browning, who she later married. In a full calf binding. Externally, generally smart. Spines and extremities are faded. Light rubbing to the spine and extremities. A few minor marks to the boards. Front hinge of Volume I is starting but firm. Gift inscription to the recto of the front free endpaper of Volume I. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .