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Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1886 Illustrated by Miss C.A. Northam, J. Francis Murphy and Edmund H. Garrett. This wonderful hardback is in GOOD CONDITION. 59 pages bound in gold cloth with beveled edges, brown decorative lettering and designs, with gold gilt lettering and church on spine. Front cover contains a crafted metal sculptural relief, after F.B. Schell's engraving, depicting the St. Botolph church and Lincolnshire village, in beveled inset. Floral endpapers, front inside endpaper missing. Gold gilt edges all around. Owners name on fly page, very faint. Frontis is an engraving of author with tissue guard, and her signature. Pages 53-59 are loose and last illustration is torn in half. Hinges loose but intact. Surface soiling on covers. STILL A VERY NICE COPY AND RARE INDEED.

Boston: Roberts Bros.. Very Good. 1886. First Edition Thus. Decorative Cloth Binding. 53; 70; 58 pages; Contents clean and secure in special decorative binding; some minor wear at spine ends and rubbing at corners. Former owner's name neatly on first blank page -- "Adolphus E. J. Gregg." Specially bound in green cloth with beveled edges, gilt lettering and decorative stamping on front board with gilt lettering and image of the church on spine; floral endpapers; all edges gilt. Front cover contains a cast metal relief sculpture of St. Botolph Church and Lincolnshire Village, inset in beveled frame after F.B. Schell's engraving of the iconic Boston, Lincolnshire landmark. Frontispiece portrait of the author by F. T. Stuart with her facsimile autograph with glassine protective leaf. Full page illustrations designed by Miss C. A. Northam and J. Francis Murphy; the titlepage, and text illustrations designed by Edmund H. Garrett. All illustrations engraved by… Read More

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1886. Hardcover. Very Good. 1886 Green cloth 4to, 58pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white, with inset gilt bas relief of a Boston Cathedral on the cover. Beveled boards, all edges gilt. In very good condition with light shelfwear and ink spotting to the rear board. Appears to be lacking a front prelim, contents otherwise bright, clean and unmarked. A beautiful anthology of poems, graciously illustrated.