1868-69 ROBERT BROWNING. The Ring and the Book. First Edition in Custom Vertical Clamshell Box. Congregational lightly tender between signatures with

lightly tender between signatures with rear mull exposed rendering rear interior hinge a bit tender

Wonderful full-page inscription by Rev

Sermons on Several Subjects

of Christian Baptism

Alone with Jesus [Jacksonville

1868-69 ROBERT BROWNING. The Ring and the Book. First Edition in Custom Vertical Clamshell Box. Congregational lightly tender between signatures withA really beautiful artifact and early imprint of Robert Browning's 21,000 line epic narrative poem, The Ring and the Book. Loathe to cover the original publisher's cloth, someone at a very early date had constructed a full morocco faux binding vertical clamshell box to house the set. The box is structurally good with a structural breach at the corner of the sliding lid on the rear, but still attractive and sound. Rubbed through at points, consolidated