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Lot 158
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1 vol.
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1 vol.
Wordsworth, W[illiam]; [Coleridge, Samuel Taylor.] Lyrical Ballads, With Other Poems. Philadelphia: James Humphreys for Joseph Groff, 1802.
1st Am ed. 2 vols in 1. 12mo, contemp or slightly later stiff marbled wrappers. Light to occasionally moderate foxing throughout, fore-edge corners of title & content leaf in vol 1 worn away - no loss of ptg, title of vol 1 darkened & repaired in gutter, some dampstaining in bottom gutter of vol 1 pp82-85, impression from botanical specimens on many pp in vol 1 between pp1-50. Early ownership signatures of James & Jacie Townsend at head & title, a few letters in vol 1 imprint abraded. Bookseller's pencil annotations of Norman Kane on verso of front wrapper. Leaf size, 165 x 94 mm. Complete. Variant imprint of the 1st Am ed, "for Joseph Groff" on titles of vol 1 & 2. Vol 1 p96 misnumbered "78," vol 2 p96 misnumbered "57."
Healey 15.