One Thousand and One Gems of English Poetry
by MACKAY, Charles (selector and arranger); MILLAIS, Sir John (illustrator); GILBERT, Sir John (illustrator); FOSTER, Birket (illustrator)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George Routledge & Sons, Limited, 1896. Very Good. Twenty-third edition, updated with new poems from Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Robert Browning, among others. 8vo. With b/w frontis and plates. Red cloth with gilt and blind stamped lettering and design. Gilt top edge (dusty). Light bruising to spine ends, light wear to extremities. Prize label to front pastedown, else a clean and tidy copy of a smart edition.
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- Bookseller
- Quair Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 897
- Title
- One Thousand and One Gems of English Poetry
- Author
- MACKAY, Charles (selector and arranger); MILLAIS, Sir John (illustrator); GILBERT, Sir John (illustrator); FOSTER, Birket (illustrator)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons, Limited
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- Illustrated|Poetry
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About the Seller
Quair Books
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
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