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London: Edward Moxon, 1850. FIRST EDITION. 222 x 140 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 1/2"). x, 374 pp. HANDSOME DARK BLUE MOROCCO, GILT, BY THE GUILD OF WOMEN BINDERS (see below), covers with frame of swirling flowering vines, raised bands, spine panels with similar floral decoration, gilt lettering, pastedowns framed by multiple gilt rules, intersecting into squares at corners, all edges gilt. Front pastedown with pencilled inscription attributing the binding to the Guild of Women Binders, in the hand of former owner, antiquarian bookseller John P. Love; front free endpaper with pencilled bibliographic information; handwritten card from Love's library catalogue laid in at front. Wise, p. 35. ◆Spine gently and evenly sunned, one opening with two tiny brown marginal dots, but A VERY FINE COPY, with few signs of use inside or out. This is a lovely copy of one of the great autobiographies in verse, offered here in a binding attributed to the Guild of Women Binders by a previous owner with extensive…

An autobiographical poem written by William Wordsworth, chronicling his life amid introspection and the growth of his mind.