The angel in the house, Books I & II / by Coventry Patmore; the first editions collated with his original holograph manuscript, compiled by Patricia Aske; edited by Ian Anstruther

Author: Patmore, Coventry, 1823-1896
Additional Titles: Vol. [2] has title, Angel in the house, a facsimile of the first editions of the first two books of the poem : The bethrothal, 1854; The espousals, 1856
Published: London : Haggerston Press with Boston College, 1998.
Edition: The 1st eds., including collated ed. and facsimile ed.
Physical Description: 2 volumes : portrait ; 24 x 25 cm
Additional Creators: Aske, Patricia, Anstruther, Ian, Haggerston Press, St. Edmundsbury Press, Boston College, and Hunter & Foulis

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Contents: [v. 1[ Preface / by Patricia Aske -- A note on provenance / by Robert K. O'Neill -- Acknowledgements / by Ian Anstruther -- Introduction: the unknown angel / by John Maynard -- Editorial note -- The angel in the house [collated] -- [v. 2] A facsimile of the first editions of the first two books of the poem ; The betrothal, 1854, The espousals, 1856, published by John W. Parker & Son, London.
ISBN: 1869812158
Note: Issued in boxed set.
"First published 1998 by Haggerston Press ... ; Printed by St. Edmundsbury Press, Bury St. Edmonds; Bound by Hunter and Foulis, Edinburgh."--Cf. t.p. verso.
Because Patmore constantly revised his work and because it was impossible "to set a facsimile of the manuscript, line by line, against a facsimile of the printed text", what began as a simple collation project evolved into a two-volume work.--Cf. Preface, [v. 1], p. ix-x.

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