Published as part of the celebrations for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1888, This book features 14 exquisite hand-painted color plates by Arthur and Harry Payne, Bertha Maguire and F. Sargent. From young girl to grieving widow, each picture of the milestones in the Queen's long life is framed with delicate flower painting in typical Victorian style. Fourteen colour plates, Gilt decoration and lettering to spine and boards. All Edges gilt. Boards bevelled. Floral endpapers. A few pages are chipped. Light page toning and some cover soil. 62 pages. Size: 7"x8.5"
- Fifty Golden Years: Incidents in the Queen's Reign
- Dinah Mulock Carik
- Raphael Tuck and Sons, 1888
Pages and covers are clean and crisp. Cover is green with gilt lettering and decorations, top page edge is gilt as well. Very Good condition. Includes the work of several poets: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry David Thoreau, Louisa May Alcott, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and many more. 306 indexed pages. 4"X6.5"
- The Little Book of American Poets
- Jessie B. Rittenhouse, Ed.
- Houghton Mifflin Company 1915
This antique hardcover book (no date of publication given; presumed circa 1890) is bound in red-brown cloth boards, richly decorated with etched black and gilt designs. All page edges gilt. Cover has edgewear. Owner's name on front inner board. Inner pages browned. Binding a bit loose but holding Wear and soil. Black-and-white plates within. Includes an introduction with a biography of Burns. Decorative red borders on pages. 478 pages; approx. 6"x9".
- THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS
- The American News Co., ca 1890s
This antique hardcover book is bound in handsome textured green padded leather boards, with gilt lettering, trim and page edges. Multicolored decorative endpapers. Spine is faded to brown; inner pages clean and unmarked, binding tight. Frontispiece is a portrait of the poet. Includes a biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole. 452 pages; approx. 5"x7".
- JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER'S POETICAL WORKS
- Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1902
This is a collection of poems by Alfred Noyes with and introduction by Hamilton W. Mabie. Book is in good condition with foxing to the foredge, wear and soil. Gilt cover, spine and top edge. 193 pages, 7.5 x 5.
- Poems
- Alfred Noyes
- Macmillan and Co., 1915
All edges are gilt. Cover has decorations and gilt lettering, some soil. Front endpaper has been removed, frontispiece tissue loose, some pages have stains. Binding a bit loose but holding. Illustrated. 727 pages.
- Gems for the Fireside Comprising the Most Unique, Touching, Pithy, and Beautiful Literary Treasures
- Rev. O. H. Tiffany
- Russell & Henderson, 1882
- 7"x9.5"
Beautiful decorative cover with gilt decorations, flower design. All page edges are gilt and the binding is tight. Pages are clean and white. Illustrated in black and white. 398 pages. 6.5 inches by 10 inches.
- The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson
- H. B. Nims & Company, Troy NY - 1884
Illustrated in color and black & white. Very clean copy, bright gilt decorations and lettering. Pages edges are gilt. 344 pages. No date listed, estimates indicate circa 1900-1915. Size: 6"x8.5"
- Fairy Tales
- Wilhelm Hauff
- W. P. Dutton & Co., circa 1900
