The Strayed Reveller and Other Poems
London: B. Fellowes, 1849.
First edition. viii, 128 pp. Original ribbed dark green cloth elaborately block in blind with gilt spine lettering, pale yellow endpapers. Near Fine with a little wear at tips, hint of rubbing to cloth, front paste down slightly foxed, name written on front free endpaper. Lettering bright, cloth unfaded, blind designs quite distinct. A much better copy than most.
The author's first book, a collection of poems published anonymously in an edition of only 500 copies. Arnold is generally regarded as the Victorian tastemaker par excellence for his cultural criticism.
Price: $800.00
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