8vo. [6], 250pp, [2]. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Finely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. Endpapers lightly browned, light scattered spotting.

An attractively bound copy of Browning's Dramatis Personæ, a collection of dramatic monologues and lyrical verse, often soliloquies, which are spoken by a diverse and troubled selection of narrators. Browning's first work after a nine-year hiatus, the volume prompted a renewed critical interest in the Victorian poet's output; this second edition, being the first in the poet's career, is indicative of his steadily growing renown.