signed first edition
1848
by COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor
1848. COLERIDGE, S. T. HINTS TOWARDS THE FORMATION OF A MORE COMPREHENSIVE THEORY OF LIFE. Edited by Seth B. Watson, M.D. [...] Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1848. First American edition (Haney, 76), the same year as the English first. [1-7]-94, [2, blank] pp., + [6] ff. publisher's ads. Tall 12mo., signed 1-86, 19.5 x 12.2 cm. Contemporary binding of brown ribbed cloth with a printed paper label ("Coleridge's Idea of Life") on the upper board. Cloth is chipped along spine and the label (only) is dampstained. Early ink ownership (J. J. Merriam) on ffep. Some scattered, light foxing throughout. Very good. The authenticity of this work was questioned (truncated)