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Leather. Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A finely bound copy of 'The Espousals', the second instalment to Coventry Patmore's narrative poem, 'The Angel in the House'. The first edition of Book II of 'The Angel in the House', a narrative poem by Coventry Patmore expanded into four parts and published from 1854-1862.In half crushed morocco binding, with cloth boards.This influential poem comprises a series of dramatic monologues, exploring ideas and experiences of married love. The poem was an idealised account of Patmore's courtship of his first wife,Emily Augusta Andrews, whom he married in 1847 and believed to be the perfect woman. Bound in half crushed morocco, with cloth boards. Externally, lovely. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with a small contemporary ink inscription to the half title page and light odd spots throughout. Near Fine. book.