10 volumes, 8vo. Half-titles, title-pages printed in red and black; hand-colored photogravure frontispieces, numerous photogravure plates. (Slight toning, soiling to a few leaves.) 20th-century half brown morocco, marbled boards, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the rest with floral gilt-decoration, top edges gilt, others uncut (some minor chipping to extremities). Provenance: Henry F. Schwarz (embossed bookplates). 

LIMITED EDITION, number 42 of 500 sets of the "Large-Paper Edition." The photogravure plates were created for this edition and taken by Walmsley Brothers of Ambleside, England who endeavored to "reproduce the atmosphere of Wordsworth's poetry" through their pastoral views of the Lakeside District ("Publisher's note," p.v).

[Tipped in to vol. I:] WORDSWORTH, William. Autograph poetic manuscript from "Inscriptions For a Seat in The Groves of Coleorton" signed ("Wm Wordsworth"). Rydal Mount, 7 November 1837. 1 page, 8vo (114 x 182 mm), brown ink on paper, window mounted. Comprising 7 lines (published as the last 4 lines on p. 238 in vol. V), in full: "Communities are lost and Empires die And things of holiest use unhallowed lie; They perish; but the Intellect can raise From airy words alone a pile that ne'er decays. Wm Wordsworth Rydal Mount Nov. 7th 1837."