The Complete Writings of James Russell Lowell (The Edition de Luxe -- Complete in 16 Volumes)
- 3/4 leather
- Boston (Cambridge): Houghton, Mifflin and Co. (The Riverside Press), 1904
Boston (Cambridge): Houghton, Mifflin and Co. (The Riverside Press), 1904. 3/4 leather. Near Fine. Lovely example of the 1904 "Edition de Luxe", complete in 16 octavo voumes. #181 of 1,000 copies issued and, in this case, bound by the publisher in a sumptuous, custom 3/4 dark-green morocoo over marbled boards. Decorative raised bands, fine gilt-tooling within the compartments. Bright and crisp and easily Near Fine, with no writing or markings of any kind within any of the 16 volumes. Top-edges gilt, each volume includes its original silk bookmark. Completely sound and unmarred, truly a collector's copy.