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London: Printed by the Ballantyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts [Vale Press], 1899. ONE OF 210 COPIES. 222 x 140 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 3/4"). 121, [1] pp., [1] leaf (colophon). VERY PRETTY RED CRUSHED MOROCCO, ELABORATELY GILT, FOR BUMPUS (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers ruled in gilt and with lacy stippled cornerpieces, raised bands, spine panels densely gilt, gilt lettering, pastedowns framed by small floral tools, vellum endleaves, all edges gilt. Decorative border and intricate strapwork woodcut initials by Charles Ricketts. Front flyleaf inscribed in ink: "To G. C. from P. T. M. C." / Xmas 1900." Tomkinson, p. 167. ◆A touch of rubbing to extremities, text with a couple of tiny rust spots, but A FINE COPY, clean, fresh, and bright internally in a lustrous binding. This attractive production is the 26th work from the press that was founded--and closely supervised--by Charles Ricketts, who was perhaps the most significant figure in the private press movement after William…

'Dramatic Lyrics' is part of the 'Bells and Pomegranates' series, published in 1842. It presents some of Browning's most famous poems, including 'My Last Duchess' and 'Porphyria's Lover'.