Robert Browning — Pippa Passes

New York, Barse and Hopkins , c1910. Leather. A charming Barse & Hopkins edition of 'Pippa Passes', presented here in full suede binding in the original card box. A Barse & Kopkins printing of this verse drama by English poet Robert Browning, first published in 1841 as the first volume of his Bells and Pomegranates series. This copy is handsomely bound in full green suede, with oval cut-out to the front cover revealing a hand-coloured illustration. Held in the original card box. The poem follows a young silk-winding girl who wanders innocently through the environs of Asolo, attributing kindness and virtue to the people she passes.With a portrait frontispiece of Browning and an ornamental title page. In full green suede, with oval cut-out to the front cover revealing a hand-coloured illustration. With silk endpapers. Held in the original card box. Externally, very smart, with minor shelf wear. Card box is rubbed to the extremities, with contemporary inscriptions made to the bottom of the box. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .