London: William Pickering, etc, 1836-1877. An excellent collection of the posthumous works of Coleridge, with many of the William Pickering titles in first edition. Includes the Literary Remains (4 vols., 1836-1839), On the Constitution of Church and State (1839), Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit (1840), Biographia Literaria (2 vols. in..... Read More about Collected Works

Penrith: Printed and Published by J. Brown [imprints vary], 1 June 1809-15 March 1810. First edition. When Coleridge launched this periodical he had 632 subscribers, but his measured, logical approach to metaphysical theory was too difficult for most of his readers, and the audience dropped off sharply. Included are some..... Read More about The Friend: A Literary, Moral, and Political Weekly Paper [28 issues, all published

London: William Pickering, 1836-39. First edition. The first two volumes are devoted to literature, and frequently have been reprinted under different titles. The last two volumes deal largely with theological writers. All four volumes are based upon manuscripts and marginal notes which were revised and at times virtually rewritten by..... Read More about The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Collected and Edited by Henry Nelson Coleridge

London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1877. Read More about The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Founded on the author's latest...

Nonesuch Press, 1935. Mrozewski, Stefan. No.310 of 500 copies published. Read More about Selected Poems of…

[London: Privately Printed, 1917]. "Of this letter, which first appeared in The Nation (New York) of Aug. 21, 1913, twenty-five copies only have been privately printed by Clement Shorter for distribution among his friends. London, March 1st, 1917. (in pen) No. 11 C.K.S." Read More about The Thorny Path of Literature. With an Introduction by William E.A. Axon

London: Rest Fenner, 1817. First edition. First edition in wrappers of Coleridge's Christmas drama modeled after Shakespeare's Winter's Tale and written with Byron's encouragement. The play was rejected by Drury Lane and Covent Garden but found favor with the reading public, leading to its eventual stage production at the Surrey..... Read More about Zapolya: A Christmas Tale, in Two Parts

Westminster: Archibald Constable and Co. [Printed by Charles Whittingham and Co. at the Chiswick Press], 1899. One of 250 small paper copies. A very useful work for the Coleridge scholar. With the bound in slip regarding White's "An Examination of the Charge of Apostasy against Wordsworth" at the back. Read More about Coleridge's Poems. A Facsimile Reproduction of the Proofs and Mss. of some of the Poems. Edited...

London: J. Hatchard & John Murray, 1808; 1810; 1812; 1819. First edition of all but Poems (third edition). A finely-bound set of first and early editions of the major later poetical works of George Crabbe (1754-1832). Includes a first edition of The Borough, tales of village life told in a...... Read More about Poems … The Borough … Tales … Tales of the Hall

"Porteous's Lodgings, 18 Duncan Street" [Edinburgh]: Sat. December 29, [1830]. A short, poignant note from the great essayist, memoirist, and biographer of the Lake Poets, begging to be excused from an engagement as his wife and daughter are sick. The small scrap of paper, without wax seal, suggest the author's..... Read More about Autograph Letter Signed ("Thos. De Quincey"), to "My Dear Sir"

London: Taylor and Hessey, 1822. First edition. The Classic of Opium Addiction. First edition of the first part of De Quincey's classic, the author’s first book, the complete text of which did not appear until Boston, 1850. “Thomas De Quincey began using opium in 1802 and continued to use it..... Read More about Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

Edinburgh: Arch. Constable, 1821. Fore-Edge Views of Scotland. Each volume with a fine early fore-edge painting of a Scottish scene identified in an old hand in block letters on the ffep. Volume I : Berwick-on-Tweed Volume II : Falkland Palace Volume III : Edinburgh Castle Volume IV : Barnborough Castle..... Read More about The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Baronet

London: Richard Bentley, 1833. First edition, half-titles in Vols. II & II. IN PUBLISHER'S BOARDS. Godwin's last novel, written at the age of of 77; he died three years later, in 1836. Read More about Deloraine