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London: Longman & Rees, 1802. hardcover. very good(+). 2 volumes. Small 8vos, contemporary smooth calf-backed marbled boards; leather spine labels. London: T.N. Longman & O. Rees, 1802. Third edition of Volume I, and second edition of Volume II. The half-title to volume I is bound in after the Preface. Short marginal tears on 2 leaves, otherwise fine, with minimal foxing. The 1802 edition differs from the 1800 first edition in several ways, including a greatly expanded Preface, and poems both added & removed.

Originally published in 1798 in collaboration with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 'Lyrical Ballads' is regarded as a seminal work in the English Romantic movement.