First edition.
"A Blot in the 'Scutcheon" was first acted at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, February 11, 1843, with Helen Faucit as Mildred Tresham. "Colombe's Birthday" is dedicated to Barry Cornwall, March, 1844, "Dramatic Romances and Lyrics" to John Kenyon, November, 1845, and "Luria" to Walter Savage Landor, March 29, 1846.
There are two final leaves of advertisements.
BROWNING, Robert.—Men and Women. By Robert Browning. . . . London: Chapman and Hall, . . . 1855. Post 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges.
First edition.
BROWNING, Robert.—Selections from the Poetry of Robert Browning. With an Introduction by Richard Grant White. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. . . . [1883]. 8vo, citron levant morocco, gilt back, and corner ornaments on the sides, gilt edges, by Cuzin.
The portrait of Browning is in two states, before and after the letters.
No. 34 of seventy copies printed on large, Japanese paper.
BROWNING, Robert.—Asolando: fancies and facts. By Robert Browning. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., . . . 1890. Post 8vo, red levant morocco, back and sides beautifully tooled, rose-vine decoration, gilt edges, by Lloyd.
First edition.