The prelude or Growth of a poet's mind
By: William Wordsworth
Contributors: Gollancz, Israel, 1894-1930, editor; Merrill, Helen H., former owner; Reed, Mark L., former owner; J.M. Dent & Co; Turnbull & Spears
Edition: 3rd ed.
Series: The Temple classics; Temple classics
Publisher: J.M. Dent and Co., Aldine House
Published: 1900
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Authorship; Poets; Poetry; Psychology
Other titles: Growth of a poet's mind
Work titles: Prelude
Notes: "First edition, October 1896 Second edition, August 1897 Third edition, February 1900"--Page [ii], series statement page.

Title-page in red and black with floral border.

"Turnbull and Spears, printers, Edinburgh"--Printed at end of text, p. 264.

RBC Copy: Bound in green flexible leather; front and back covers: stamped in blind with single line rule border; publisher's owl device stamped in gilt on front cover; gilt lettering and decoration on spine; top edge gilt, all edges trimmed; red textile marker; cf. Reed A261.c (reprint); former owner's autograph inscribed on front free end-paper: "Helen H. Merrill B.U. 1903".

Lilly Library copy from the Watkins Wordsworth collection.

Reed, M.L. Bibligraphy of William Wordsworth, 1787-1930, A261

Noyes, R. Indiana Wordsworth coll., 180