
Lot 57•
WORDSWORTH (WILLIAM) A Letter to a Friend of Robert Burns: Occasioned by an Intended Republication of the Account of the Life of Burns, by Dr. Currie, FIRST EDITION, Longman, 1809, 8vo (2)
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WORDSWORTH (WILLIAM)
A Letter to a Friend of Robert Burns: Occasioned by an Intended Republication of the Account of the Life of Burns, by Dr. Currie, FIRST EDITION, cut note "by W. Wordsworth" pasted to half-title, with final leaf bearing name of printer, additional 4pp. printed list ( March 1816) of recent Longman publications bound at end, Longman, 1816--[WORDSWORTH (CHRISTOPHER, 1774-1885)] Areopagitica Secunda: or Speech of the Shade of John Milton, on Mr. Seargeant Talfourd's Copyright Extension Bill, INSCRIPITION (probably in the hand of the author) providing author's name "by..., Fellow of Trinity Coll., Cambridge" and 6-line note on half-title, Edward Moxon, 1838; Heathen and Christian Philanthropy, John Murray, 1838; National Education. The English Review on Dr. Hook's Letter, second edition, F. & J. Rivington, 1847--[WORDSWORTH (CHRISTOPHER, 1807-1885)] The Royalty of the Crown in Episcopal Promotions, Rivingtons, 1848; Lines on Hearing that the Bishop of Rome Has Presumed to Nominate a Person with the Style and Title of Archbishop of Westminster, singleton, laid down, [no publisher, 1848]; "She is Not Dead but Sleepeth". A Sermon Preached... After the Death of Her Majesty Queen Adelaide, Private Impression, 1849; A Sermon Preached at Westminster Abbey, on March 15, 1863... After the Marriage of... Albert Edward Prince of Wales and the Princess Alexandria, INSCRIBED "FROM THE AUTHOR" on title, title printed in red and black, Private Impression, 1863; A Letter [on the List of Special Preachers at Westminster], INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR "My dear Lord, This is strictly private:... you have a right to know the facts of the case, yours respectively C.W." on first page, and note at end, 8 pages, "Private - and not to be Published", [1864]; On Sisterhoods and Vows, INSCRIBED "From the author" on title, Lincoln, Williamson, 1878; and 21 other pamphlets (including 11 by Christopher Wordsworth), together 31 works in 1 vol., late nineteenth century half calf, with binder's ticket "Aubrey, Binder, Salisbury", gilt morocco lettering label "Pamphlets. Wordsworth &c. 1816-93" on spine--WORDSWORTH (WILLIAM) Concerning the Relations of Great Britain, Spain, and Portugal, to Each Other, and to the Common Enemy, FIRST EDITION, errata leaf at end, notes in an early twentieth century hand (probably that of Christopher Wordsworth) on endpapers, later calf gilt, rubbed, Longman, 1809, 8vo (2)