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ENGLISH POETS]. BYRON, GEORGE GORDON Lord. English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers, Printed for James Cawthorn [1809], 12mo, blue morocco gilt, g.e., by Riviere, front cover nearly detached, rear joint worn, FIRST EDITION, on paper watermarked "E & P 1805," half-title, Preface leaf, the variant with "Despatch" on p. 5, 1. 7, and with Randolph's other first issue points, Randolph, pp. 14-16 -- ROBERT BROWNING Strafford: an Historical Tragedy, 1837, 8vo, original drab wrappers, printed paper label on front cover, unopened, spine worn, title inked by hand on spine, brown calf slipcase , FIRST EDITION of Browning's third book and first play -- Lord ALFRED TENNYSON. The Lover's Tale, C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879, 12mo, tan morocco gilt, t.e.g., by Tout , First Authorized Published Edition, the Tennyson bibliographer and editor RICHARD HERNE SHEPHERD'S COPY, interleaved throughout and bearing his extensive autograph "original readings derived" from the B.M. Pickering copy of the exceedingly rare 1833 trial edition of The Lover's Tale that was sold at auction on 7 April 1879. Bookplate of John A. Spoor; all London, together 3 vols. (3)