Dramatis Personae by Robert Browning published by Chapman & Hall in 1864, first edition, tight and complete with clean internal pages, wear to the cover and spine. Ex Libris plate affixed to inside cover. "Browning wrote the collection in London, where he had returned with his son after the death of his wife, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. It was his first publication after a nine-year hiatus. During this time, Browning's reputation was fluctuating, and Dramatis Personae along with The Ring and the Book, which is widely considered his greatest work, were enough to begin a critical re-evaluation of the writer." - Wikipedia.