Lovely antique leather-bound edition of The Shorter Poems of Robert Browning, circa 1900.
Written by Robert Browning. Circa 1900. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., Publishers
THE FACE
"If one could have that little head of hers
Painted upon a background of pale gold,
Such as the Tuscan's early art prefers!
No shade encroaching on the matchless mould
Of those two lips, which should be opening soft
In the pure profile; not as when she laughs,
For that spoils all: but rather as if aloft
Yon hyacinth, she loves so, leaned its staff's
Burden of honey-coloured buds, to kiss
And capture 'twixt the lips apart for this. ..."
Robert Browning (1812 - 1889) was one of the great Victorian-era British poets, and married to poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
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Condition*: Very Good. Lacks dust jacket as issued. Gray/black leather cover embossed with chrysanthemum pattern. Spine is slightly faded with minor shelfwear at the tail. Spine is cracked at the last page, pg 334, and last three blank flyleafs are loosely attached. Small damp stains along edge of title page thru page 8. Minor soiling from handling on the text block.
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