first edition
1970 · Hamden, CT
by WORDSWORTH, Dorothy (text); SELINCOURT, E. de (editor)
Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1970. First Archon Edition. Two octavo volumes (22.5cm); royal blue cloth, titled in gilt on spines; teal topstains; map endpapers; dustjackets; xxviii,[2]-443,[3]; viii,[2],3-433,[1]pp; each volume with pictorial frontispiece. From the library of noted poet and translator Nathaniel Tarn, with his pictorial bookplate mounted on the verso of each front endpaper. Base of spines gently nudged, else a fresh, very Near Fine set. Dustjackets are bright, showing light wear, a touch of dust-soil, with a small tear to rear panel of Vol.2, and a few small tears and creases to front flap fold of same; Near Fine. Expanded edition of the English author's journals, originally published in 1941. 86161. (Inventory #: 86161)