Riverside Press / Houghton, Mifflin And Co.. G+/NONE 1899. Hardcover. Cloth covered boards with slight soiling, bumping Gilt spine lettering 99 per cent intact Mild edge wear Sewn binding very good Gilt topstain bright Page ends mild discoloration, rough cut Endpapers with faint former owner name, address and bookseller marking Text clean, unmarked with mild age toning except 2 sets of facing pages with dark toning from papers previously laid in ; Provides date, place and circumstance of the writing of Browning's poems, publication dates and bibliographical detail Explanations of historical or biographical incident or book poems were based on Browning's own explations of poems 15 minor poems not included in published volumes included Lists of publications on each poem, characters included ; 451 pages .