The poetical works of William Wordsworth

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  • edited by William Knight.
  • Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850, author
  • Edinburgh : William Paterson, 1882-1889.
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    Other details

    Description:
    11 volumes : illustrations, portraits ; 30 cm
    Variant Title:
    Added title page: Life of William Wordsworth
    Cover title: Wordsworth
    Spine title: Wordsworth's poetical works
    Spine title: Life of Wordsworth
    Published:
    Edinburgh : William Paterson, 1882-1889.
    Manufactured: [Edinburgh] : Turnbull and Spears
    Language:
    English
    Cited In:
    Reed, M.L. Bibliography of William Wordsworth, 1787-1930, A175.2.a
    Reed, M.L. Bibliography of William Wordsworth, 1787-1930, A175.3
    Healey, G.H. Cornell Wordsworth collection, 237
    Notes:
    Arrangement chronological, with index of poems and first lines (v. 8).
    "Prose fragments": v. 8, p. [179]-321.
    Volumes 9-11 have added title page: The life of William Wordsworth, by William Knight.
    Chronological list: v. 8, p. 325-387.
    According to Reed, this large paper edition was issued in two variants. One, described by Reed as "Larger paper issue," has a height of 28 cm, with limitation statement on verso of half title. The "Larger paper issue" was issued in at least two variants: one on large paper, issued in 115 copies; and one on Imperial octavo laid paper, issued in 25 copies. The other, the "Largest paper issue," has height of 30 cm, with limitation statement on verso of half title: "Of this Library edition of the Works of William Wordsworth, there have been printed ten copies on Whatman's hand-made drawing paper."
    "This [largest paper issue (large paper Library Edition)] is the first truly scholarly edition of WW's poems, and the first edition in which the poems are arranged by chronology of composition. Its influence on future editions and study of WW cannot be overstated."-Reed, v.2, p. 618-619.
    Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
    Local Notes:
    RBC copy 1: Larger paper edition, printed on Imperial octavo laid paper; 28 cm. Bound in dark blue straight-grain morocco grain cloth with half-leather pattern; lettered in gilt; top edge gilt; other edges trimmed. Front cover bears ownership stamp of Westminster Public Library, faded. Limitation statement on verso of half title: "Of this Library Edition of the Works of William Wordsworth, there have been twenty-five copies on Imperial octavo laid paper..." RBC copy is no. 16. Limitation statements signed "WP" or "William Paterson." Volumes 9-11 have additional spine title: Life of Wordsworth.
    OCLC Number:
    863552884

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