4 volumes, 8vo. 1p. publisher’s advertisements at the end of vol. I. (A few minor spots.) Publisher’s dark green cloth over beveled boards gilt and stamped in black (spines darkened, some light wear vol. IV with some light chipping to spine ends); slipcase. Provenance: Edward Hubert Litchfield (bookplates); Morse Peckham (bookplates).

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with vol. I and III lettered in roman numerals and 2 and 4 in Arabic numerals on the spines. Containing 21,000 lines of blank verse, The Ring and the Book is Browning's psychological epic, is the most extensive use of the dramatic monologue. Sterling 89; Tinker 425; Wise Browning, pp. 27-28.