1973 The Poems of William Wordsworth Easton Press Leather Bound William Wordsworth Rare Book Room

The Poems of William Wordsworth. Selected, Edited, and Introduction by Jonathan Wordsworth. Illustrated by John O'Connor. The Collector's Library of Famous Editions. Bound in Genuine Leather. The Easton Press. Norwalk, Connecticut. 1973. 259 pp. Hardcover boards measuring 10.5 x 6.25" In good condition. Hardcover boards scuffed at edges and bumped at corners. Spine scuffed at head and tail. Gilt deco on front and rear boards rubbed. Gilt lettering on spine remains attractive. Soiling to front and rear pastedowns. Blank bookplate pasted on front pastedown. Text-block toned; Illustrations remain attractive. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 23 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads (1798). Wordsworth's magnum opus is generally considered to be The Prelude, a semi-autobiographical poem of his early years that he revised and expanded a number of times. It was posthumously titled and published by his wife in the year of his death, before which it was generally known as "The Poem to Coleridge". Wordsworth was Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death from pleurisy on 23 April 1850. He remains one of the most recognizable names in English poetry and was a key figure of the Romantic poets. RAREW1973ADCV 25/10-BS