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CHATTERTON, Thomas (1752-1770)] Poems supposed to have been written at Bristol by Thomas Rowley and others in the Fifteenth Century . London: T. Payne and Son, 1777. 8° (6 duplicate leaves, pp. xxv-xviii, title, pp. iii-iv and xxi-xxiv, bound in before final errata leaf), contemporary calf-backed spot-marbled boards (spine a little rubbed at head and foot), red speckled edges. Provenance : S. Holroyd (early signature on title). FIRST EDITION. Hayward 188; Rothschild 589. GOLDSMITH, Oliver (1730?-1774). Poems and Plays . Dublin: Price, Sleater, W. Watson [and others], 1777. 8°, engraved vignette portrait (some marginal soiling), contemporary calf, gilt spine (extremities worn, upper joints weak). FIRST EDITION. The London edition followed in 1780. Williams p. 172. COWPER, William (1731-1800). Poems [vol. II: The Task ]. London: J. Johnson 1782-1785. 2 volumes, 12°, half-title to volume II (vol. I without the preface by John Newton cancelled in most surviving copies, X7 of vol. II with old repair at foremargin), contemporary calf (rather rubbed). FIRST EDITION OF EACH VOLUME. Three other works, including John Gilpin , were published with The Task . Grolier English 60; Hayward 191; Rothschild 681. DYER, John (1700?-1758). Poems: viz. I Grongar Hill, II. The Ruins of Rome, III. The Fleece . London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1761. 8°, 3 engraved plates (some light marginal spotting), contemporary calf, gilt spine (corners bumped), red speckled edges. FIRST EDITION. (5)