The Poets of Great Britain (Extra-illustrated in 5 vols.)
- New York and London: Chiswick Press and Charles Whittingham and Co, 1900
New York and London: Chiswick Press and Charles Whittingham and Co, 1900. Later edition. Near Fine. A nearly Fine copy. Five small octavo volumes (6 1/2 x 4 inches; 165 x 102 mm.). [iii]-lxvi, [1]-203, [1, blank]; [vi], [1]-294, [1, printers device], [1, blank]; [iii]-xii, [1]-380; [iii]-x; [1]-345, [1, printers device]; [iii]-xiv, [1]-366, [1, printers device], [1, blank] pp. Title-pages printed in black and red. With a memoir at the beginning of volume one. The last volume contains an index of first lines and a general index. Extra-illustrated by the insertion of twenty-six engraved plates, including eight hand-colored. Handsomely bound almost certainly by The Harcourt Bindery ca. 1900, in full red morocco, covers with double gilt border with fancy corner-pieces, enclosing a spray of flowers elaborately stamped in gilt and with green morocco leaf inlays and buff morocco inlaid flowers. Spines with four raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments and with three olive green morocco flower inlays. Highly decorative gilt turn-ins surrounding an oval panel of green morocco decorated in gilt with a large central gilt flower with inlaid red morocco flower head, green moire silk end-leaves, all edges gilt. Minimal rubbing and repairs to the outer joints, otherwise fine. Although unsigned the binding is almost certainly by The Harcourt Bindery.
An exquisitely bound collection that celebrates the talents of Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), one of the most significant Romantic poets in the English language. Husband to Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, and friend of Lord Byron, Shelley moved in a radical literary circle and died a tragic early death. From sonnet to epics, he is celebrated for his moving philosophical verse, such as famous poems Queen Maub, Ozymandias, Mont Blanc, Ode to the West Wind, or Prometheus Unbound. Since 1900, The Harcourt Bindery of Boston has made fine cloth and leather art bindings by hand, and it remains the largest for-profit hand bookbindery in the U.S. When it was founded in 1900, Boston was home to over 47 book binderies and 1,452 craftsmen (Harcourt Bindery). Since its founding the binder has weathered the Depression, WWII, and changing hands three times between 1927 and 1931. Not only does the Harcourt Bindery offer professional services, but it also offers educational courses to keep the arts of hand binding and book making alive. Near Fine.
An exquisitely bound collection that celebrates the talents of Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), one of the most significant Romantic poets in the English language. Husband to Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, and friend of Lord Byron, Shelley moved in a radical literary circle and died a tragic early death. From sonnet to epics, he is celebrated for his moving philosophical verse, such as famous poems Queen Maub, Ozymandias, Mont Blanc, Ode to the West Wind, or Prometheus Unbound. Since 1900, The Harcourt Bindery of Boston has made fine cloth and leather art bindings by hand, and it remains the largest for-profit hand bookbindery in the U.S. When it was founded in 1900, Boston was home to over 47 book binderies and 1,452 craftsmen (Harcourt Bindery). Since its founding the binder has weathered the Depression, WWII, and changing hands three times between 1927 and 1931. Not only does the Harcourt Bindery offer professional services, but it also offers educational courses to keep the arts of hand binding and book making alive. Near Fine.