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Willis' Poems 22 Absolutely Stunning Victorian Book Covers

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1904 JAPANESE ART BY SADAKICHI HARTMANN ILLUSTRATED SIGNED-BINDING DESIGNED BY AMY RICHARDS *** RARE ANTIQUE FIRST EDITION ~ EXQUISITE GILT DECORATED FINE BINDING ~ PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH FULL-PAGE PLATES ~ CLASSIC FINE ART *** Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1904. Printed by the Colonial Press. • First Edition - "1904" on title page, though copyright page shows "September, 1903" with no additional printings listed - also there is a December, 1903 gift inscription on front endpaper •…

CA. 1888 THE POETICAL WORKS OF ALFRED TENNYSON; POET LAUREATE COMPLETE EDITION ILLUSTRATED *** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ EMBOSSED VICTORIAN FINE BINDING ~ EXQUISITE ENGRAVINGS ~ CLASSIC *** New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., no date, circa 1888. • measures about 8'' x 6'' • beautiful decorative brown cloth Victorian fine binding • beveled edges to boards • embossed gold gilt, red, and black stamping • textblock all edges gilt • patterned endpapers • frontispiece with tissue-guard • illustrated…

Robert Browning (1812-1889) was a major English poet of the Victorian age, who was known for his mastery of dramatic monologue.

Turn of the Century Decorative Cloth Publisher Binding Keats

Warne's Bouquet Series: The Language of flowers.

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Ca. 1899 Choice of Books by Thomas Carlyle Publisher's Leather Binding

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CA. 1885 THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS ILLUSTRATED WITH FULL-PAGE ENGRAVINGS *** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ VICTORIAN FINE BINDING ~ CLASSIC POETRY *** Publisher: London: Frederick Warne and Co., no date, circa 1885. Features: • measures about 7.5'' x 5.25'' • beautiful publisher's decorative cloth Victorian fine binding • ornate embossed gold gilt and stamping • textblock all edges gilt • brown coated endpapers • frontispiece with tissue-guard • illustrated with full-page engravings