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Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis Circa 1880. Fancy Victorian style binding in original brown blindstamped cloth decorated in gilt on bevelled edge boards. The front cover has a central inset relief in red and gilt depicting a winged angel with lyre. With engravings on steel and illustrated borders. All edges gilt. Light rubbing to corners, front hinge neatly re-glued, contemporary inscription dated 1881 with name on flyleaf. An interesting example of Victorian bookbinding. . Hard Cover.

Edinburgh, Gall & Inglis, nd ( Prize label dated 1891);. Hardback. Good+ condition. xxiv, 584pp with steel engravings plus the text is framed with engraved illustrated borders that change with each page. Brown patterned endpapers with prize label on front pastedown. All edges gilt. Navy leather with gilt motif on the front, title on front & spine. Spine & all edges heavily scuffed but firm. Internally very good. .

Edinburgh / London: Gall & Inglis, 1878. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Edinburgh / London: Gall & Inglis, 1878. Near Fine/no dust jacket . Beautiful decorated binding - clean green cloth boards with black, cream and gold decoration on cover and spine. No fading or wear; bevelled board edges. Small closed tear at ase of spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with gilt top page edges. Clean pale yellow endpapers, with small bookseller's ticket (Cheeseman Brothers booksellers, Medina, New York) on front fixed endpaper corner. "Christmas, 1878" neatly penned at top edge of front free endpaper. No date of publication, circa 1878. Illustrated with six steel engravings. All pages have red decorative line border. 584 pages..

Edinburgh & London: Gall & Inglis. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. xxiv, 584 pages. Illustrated. Orange felt covering with enamel floral illustration and title laid in the center of the front cover. All edges gilt. Floral end sheets. Page margins are illustrated. A bit of rubbing to the felt on the spine. A very nice, unique binding.

Edinburgh & London: Gall & Inglis, 1881. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A splendid edition of Mrs. Hemans' poetical works, stunningly bound by the published, Gall & Inglis. Felicia Hemans (1793-1835) was an English poet, writing during the late Romantic period. Her first poetry was published in 1808 when she was only fourteen, and attracted the attention of renowned Romantic poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley. Marriage and motherhood did not slow down her literary career, and she published several volumes while raising five sons. She released many commercially successful and highly considered volumes, with the likes of Wordsworth holding her in high regard; her work was particularly popular and inspirational for women. Her most famous poem is 'Casabianca', published in 1826 and depicting the captain of a ship during the Battle of the Nile.With a lovely decorated inlay on the front cover depicting an angel with a lyre.Illustrated with colourful decorative borders around the poetry, a… Read More

Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis, 1885. Hardcover. Near fine. Illustrated with full page engravings on steel. Full green morocco. Spine in six compartments, gilt and with red leather lettering labels, gilt. Gilt rules on the board borders, All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers, and with the original decorated cloth cover as the front pastedown. A couple of pages at beginning and end with very light foxing, else this is a fine copy. With a foredge painting of a sailing ship under the gilt. Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793-1835) was a prolific poet of the Romantic Era. Her most famous poem, Casabianca, about a young boy on a burning ship during battle, in included. Her poetry used vivid imagery as it explored various themes, such as patriotism, domesticity and the emotional lives of women. "The boy stood on the burning deck. Whence all but him had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck. Shone round him o'er the dead." .