Lot 8
Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) The Poetical Works, 3 vol., presentation copy to Caroline Norton, William Pickering, 1829
Hammer Price: £2,800
Description
Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) The Poetical Works, 3 vol., presentation copy with ink inscription "The Honble. Mrs. [Caroline] Norton with the author's best compliments" to front free endpaper, without half-titles, ink ownership inscription of Caroline Norton "C. Norton" to head of vol. 2 title, bookplate of William Stirling-Maxwell to front pastedowns, spines gilt in compartments, vol. 2 with some chipping, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, William Pickering, 1829.
⁂ An excellent literary association, inscribed to author and social reformer Caroline Norton (1808-1877). Caroline Norton married her long-standing friend Sir William Stirling-Maxwell in 1877, shortly before her death the same year.
Description
Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) The Poetical Works, 3 vol., presentation copy with ink inscription "The Honble. Mrs. [Caroline] Norton with the author's best compliments" to front free endpaper, without half-titles, ink ownership inscription of Caroline Norton "C. Norton" to head of vol. 2 title, bookplate of William Stirling-Maxwell to front pastedowns, spines gilt in compartments, vol. 2 with some chipping, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, William Pickering, 1829.
⁂ An excellent literary association, inscribed to author and social reformer Caroline Norton (1808-1877). Caroline Norton married her long-standing friend Sir William Stirling-Maxwell in 1877, shortly before her death the same year.
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