Sale 665: Mid-Winter Miscellany Part II - with Illustrated & Children's Books (#665) 01/24/2019 11:00 AM PST CLOSED!

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Lot 121 of 377:
Uncommon American edition of Coleridge's famous autobiography  

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$300 - $500

Title:
Biographia Literaria; or, Biographical Sketches of my Literary Life and Opinions

Author:
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

Place:
New York

Publisher:
Kirk and Mercein

Date:
1817

Description:

2 volumes in 1. 12mo, recent quarter calf period style, marbled paper boards, red calf label, gilt rules and lettering.  First American Edition.

The uncommon American edition of Coleridge's famous autobiography, published the same year as the first London edition.  American Bibliography 40512.  


Lot Amendments

Condition:
Repaired worming in the margins of the title-page and first eight leaves; slight paper flaw to one leaf (just touching the text); lacking the terminal ads or blanks; very good.


 
Item number:
300094
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