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London: Whittaker & Co., c1842. Leather. Good Only. 8.5" by 5". Various. Anthology celebrative of British poetry and art, featuring prominent authors including Shelley and Byron among others. Edited by Victorian journalist C S Hall. Dated via Jisc. Featuring prominent poets including Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, Southey, Scott, Coleridge, Hunt, Wolfe, and more. Illustrated with striking engraved vignettes throughout protected with tissue guards, as well as four leaves of facsimile signatures to rear. Collated, complete. With half title. In half straight up grain morocco binding over marbled boards with marbled edges and endpapers, signed Mudie. Gilt lettering and tooling to spine. Externally with rubbing to joints and extremities of spine and boards. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting scattered to leaves. Good Only

London: Henry G Bohn, 1845. Hardcover. See description. First Edition. DESCRIPTION: Full dark blue leather binding with ornate decorative borders and gilt illustration to centre front and rear boards. Five ridged spine with decorated panels and blue leather title plate. Gilt all edges. 43 black and white engravings Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Rubbed sections of leather with wear to spine edges. Tightly bound with intact endpapers and strong hinges. Book plate to front paste down 'Alexandri Caroli R. Maitland'. Faint foxing to most page margins. DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages 304. Size: 8vo 21.5cm by 14cm.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1867. Hardcover. Very Good +. Hardcover book in very good condition. Rebound in 1938, this book has imitation tortoiseshell or walnut boards, with gilt lettering and decorative border to front. Spine is black with gilt lettering. Binding is tight, pages are bright and unmarked. A lovely copy. Questions welcome. We ship internationally from the United States and Canada every week. If buying internationally, please be aware that additional charges may apply for heavier books. We guarantee a safe, quick, and secure transaction. 10+ years in online bookselling experience.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1867. Hardcover. Very Good+. Hardcover book in very good condition. Rebound in 1938, this book has imitation tortoiseshell or walnut boards, with gilt lettering and decorative border to front. Spine is black with gilt lettering. Binding is tight, pages are bright and unmarked. A lovely copy. Questions welcome. We ship internationally from the United States and Canada every week. If buying internationally, please be aware that additional charges may apply for heavier books. We guarantee a safe, quick, and secure transaction. 10+ years in online bookselling experience.

London: George Bell & Sons, 1874. [With] The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century, Wordsworth to Tennyson (published 1877). These two volumes, evidently produced as gift books, are uniformly bound with decorated morocco spines (a little faded and worn) and thick beveled boards of tree calf that is highly polished to mimic wood. The front board of each is decorated with a gilt border surrounding the title; all edges gilt. Excellent condition.