Title: NINE ANTIQUE LEATHER BOUND BOOKS OF CLASSIC POETRY – CROWELL CIRCA 1900
Author: Various
Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell
Publication Date: 1900-01-01
Type: Leatherbound
Condition: Very Good
Notes: Set of matching nine volumes of poetry featuring green suede covers, largely faded to brown flexible leather boards (7” x 5”); light rubbing along edges. Gilt lettering and embossed gilt designs on covers. Gilt top edges. Brown ribbons. Decorative endpapers. Contents clean and unmarked except for owner bookplates on FFEPs. Published around 1900 by Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York. Each volume has tissue protected frontis portraits of poets. Volumes include;; The Complete Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (612pp); The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns (442pp); The Poems and Dramas of Lord Byron (855pp); The Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes (704pp); The Poems of James Russell Lowell (674pp); The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton (618pp); The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Moore (800pp); The Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier (452pp); The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth (951pp). Volumes include Biographical Sketches an Indexes of First Lines. Rare as set. Additional photos available upon request. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling. Sku: 029205
