Gems from the English Poets, Chaucer to Tennyson
Book
503 pages. 6 pages series advertising. Illustrations. Tissue guarded frontis.
Red ruled text. Uniform binding with Tennyson.
2015.7.57
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
English poetryLiterary selections1880s
7-1/2 in
5 in
Excelsior
New York
New York
United States
North America
circa 1880
Publisher's Binding- Gold Band Titles
Bound in green cloth with black stamped leaf and vine border surrounding black and gilt stamped floral design extending into matte gilt title panel. Classical harp black stamped to spine with gilt wide title band. Series name: "Excelsior" stamped to bottom of spine. Blind stamping to rear. Brown stone endpapers. All edges gilt.
Publication Date: 188-?
Uniform binding with "The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson" (2015.7.131)