London. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green 1831. 2 vols bound together. pp. (ii), xvi, 303; x, 312. Errata slip loosely inserted, additional leaf opposite p. 144 in Vol. 2. 8vo. Upper and lower edges with very minor water staining. Contemporary cloth, slightly grubby. With the bookplate of J O Edwards. In the Advertisment on p. xii the author says, talking about his poem Adbaston; or Days of Youth - 'Since this Poem was first printed in Bath in 1814, it has been revised, and several alterations have been made in it, for which I am chiefly indebted to the friendly suggestions of Mr Coleridge, .....who, in the kindest manner, not only gave me considerable encouragement, but, entirely without my knowledge or solicitation, took much trouble in making many marginal notes in a copy, that, afterwards, fell into my hands by accident....' Johnson 30.Printer - Market Drayton. S. Silvester
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