The Poetical Works of Wiliam Wordsworth Complete Set in 5 Volumes De Selincourt, E., Darbishire, Helen (SIGNED & INSCRIBED By Irish Limerick born Author KATE O'Brien to Lorna Reynolds)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. The 5 vol set comprises: Vol. 1. Poems Written in Youth. Poems Referring to the Period of Childhood. (1940). Pp. xv, (1), 379. SIGNED & INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY: "In memory of Easter 1950. Love to Lorna - Kate" followed by verse " Hence in a season of calm weather. Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal sea. This is an extract from an ode by Wordsworth Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood. (2) Poems founded on the Affections. Poems on the Naming of Places. Poems of the Fancy. Poems of the Imagination. Pp.xi, (1), 537. (1944); (3) Miscellaneous Sonnets. Memorials of Various Tours. Poems dedicated to National Independence and Liberty. The Egyptian Maid. The River Duddon Series. The White Doe and Other Narrative Poems. Ecclesiastical Sonnets. Pp. xxiii, (1), 596. (1946); (4) Evening Voluntaries. Itinerary Poems of 1833. Poems of Sentiment and Reflection Sonnets dedicated to Liberty and order. Miscellaneous Poems. Inscriptions. Selections from Chaucer. Poems referring to the Period of Old Age. Epitaphs and Elegiac Pieces. Ode: Intimations and Immortality. Pp.xvi, 490. (1947); (5). The Excursion. The Recluse Part 1 Book 1. Pp. vii, (1), 498. (1949). Navy cloth with title gilt on spines. Lightly bumoed & rubbed. All d.j's present, but d.j. vol. is torn with loss. Jackets worn, stained, nicked and a little dusty. Internally good. Complete sets with all first editions of each vol. present are rare & to find a set signed and inscribed by Kate O'Brien to her friend Lorna Reynolds is unique. Lorna Reynolds (1911-2003) was at that time lecturing in English at University College Dublin. In 1966 she became Professor in Modern English at University College Galway. She wrote poetry and a critical biography of Kate O'Brien with whom she was a good friend. At UCD among her contemporaries were Flann O'Brien, Mary Lavin, Cyril Cusack. Among her European colleagues were Jean Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and others. She was a good cook and a frequent visitor to Italy. She was a highly respected educator, lecturer and a forceful personality. Herself and Kate O'Brien were close friends. Signed by Author.

Title
The Poetical Works of Wiliam Wordsworth Complete Set in 5 Volumes
Author
De Selincourt, E., Darbishire, Helen (SIGNED & INSCRIBED By Irish Limerick born Author KATE O'Brien to Lorna Reynolds)
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Oxford
Condition
Good
Dust jacket
Fair
Signed
Signed by Author
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
First Edition.
Dimensions
Royal 8vo

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