The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Edmund Spenser
London: Spenser Society. Item #049763
Edited, with a new life, based on original researches, and a glossary embracing notes and illustrations by...Alexander R. Gorsart. Printed for private circulation only 1882-4, in 150 sets. 9 volumes, original green cloth, b/w illus., deckle edges, scattered ink/pencil annotations of two former private owners. A tenth volume (Glossary with notes and illustrations) was never published. The front hinge of the fourth volume is totally broken. Contents: v. 1, A life of Spenser, by the editor, with appendix, etc. v. 2, The Shepheards calender and Glosse (1597): with various readings of the quartos 1579-91. v. 3, Complaints 1590-91, etc. v. 4, Essays on the minor poems by F. T. Palgrave, etc. v. 5-8, The Faerie Queene. v. 9, Prose: a veue of the present state of Ireland, etc.
Price: $200.00