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BROWNING, Robert (1812-1889). [ Selected Works ], London: 1835-1883. 18 volumes, all first editions, the collection comprising: Paracelsus . London: by G. Eccles for Effingham Wilson, 1835. 8° (161 x 98mm). Half-title. BNP A4; Hayward 252 (calling for 36pp. of advertisements at the end). Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day . London: by Bradbury and Evans for Chapman & Hall, 1850. 8° (166 x 100mm). Half-title. (Lacking the 32pp. catalogue at the end.) BNP A54. The Ring and the Book . London: Smith, Elder, & Co., volumes I-II: 1868, volumes III-IV: 1869. 4 volumes, 8° (166 x 100mm). VOLUME I EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH A CONTEMPORARY PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH OF BROWNING. (Lacking final advertisement leaf volume I, R4 and final blank volume III, R6.) BNP A73. Balaustion's Adventure . London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1871. 8° (166 x 100mm). BNP A91. Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau . London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1871. 8° (166 x 100mm). BNP A96. Fifine at the Fair . London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1872. 8° (166 x 100mm). Half-title. BNP A97. Red Cotton Night-Cap Country or Turf and Towers . London: by Spottiswoode and Co. for Smith, Elder, & Co., 1873. 8° (166 x 100mm). (Lacking final blank S6.) BNP A98. Aristophanes' Apology . London: by Spottiswoode and Co. for Smith, Elder, & Co., 1875. 8° (166 x 100mm). Half-title. (Lacking preliminary blank [A]1 and final advertisement leaf 2A8.) BNP A100. The Inn Album . London: by Spottiswoode and Co. for Smith, Elder, & Co., 1875. 8° (166 x 100mm). Half-title. BNP A102. Pacchiarotto and How He Worked in Distemper . London: by Spottiswoode and Co. for Smith, Elder, & Co., 1876. 8° (166 x 100mm). Half-title. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH AN ETCHED FRONTISPIECE SIGNED 'WBS'[?Walter Brindley Salter]. (Lacking preliminary blank [A]1 and final advertisement leaf 2I2.) BNP A105. [translator]. The Agamemnon of Aeschylus . London: by Spottiswoode and Co. for Smith, Elder, & Co., 1877. 8° (166 x 100mm). Half-title. (Lacking postliminary advertisement leaf and final blank L3-4.) BNP A107. La Saisiaz: The Two Poets of Croisic . London: by Spottiswoode and Co. for Smith, Elder, & Co., 1878. 8° (166 x 100mm). Half-title. (Lacking final advertisement leaf P1.) BNP A108 (giving collation A 4 B-N 8 O 6': the present copy collates A 4 B-N 8 O 4 P 2. However, the pagination and contents of this copy correspond to those given). Dramatic Idyls . London: by Spottiswoode and Co. for Smith, Elder, & Co., 1879. 8° (166 x 100mm). Half-title. BNP A109 (noting 'a single leaf of advs. [...] glued in at the end of most or all copies', not present in this copy). Dramatic Idyls Second Series . London: by Spottiswoode and Co. for Smith, Elder, & Co., 1880. 8° (166 x 100mm). Half-title. (Small inkspot on B2v and B3r, lacking final advertisement leaf L4.) BNP A111. Jocoseria . London: by Spottiswoode and Co. for Smith, Elder, & Co., 1883. 8° (165 x 100mm). Half-title. (Lacking preliminary blank [A]1 and 2 final advertisement leaves L1-2.) BNP A112. (Some light spotting or browning.) Paracelsus and Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day bound in crushed olive morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, the other volumes bound in olive half crushed morocco gilt, all with uniform spines gilt in 6 compartments divided by raised bands, titled in 2 compartments and dated at the foot, the other compartments decorated with geometric tools, gilt edges (some light rubbing on extremities). Provenance : Walter Brindley Slater (bookplates bound in at the front of each volume). FIRST EDITIONS. AN ATTRACTIVELY-BOUND SET, including Paracelsus , 'the poet's second book, preceded by Pauline , 1833, of which no copy appears to remain in private hands in England' (Hayward). (18)