Description:
Browning, Robert (1812-1889) The Ring and the Book, Author's Presentation Copy. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1872.
Second edition, four octavo volumes, inscribed on the title page of volume one to William Harcourt Hooper by Browning 8 March 1885, "with every feeling of admiration for the ability, and of gratitude for the kindness of W.H. Hooper, Esq. this is inscribed by Robert Browning," with Hooper's bookplates in each volume; very good, in publisher's cloth, gray coated endleaves, in custom slipcase 6 3/4 x 4 in. (4)
Estimate $1,200-1,800
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