Ca. 1900

The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow

Reprinted from the Three-Volume English Edition, with Many Additions

Rare Antique Book ~ Exquisite Victorian-Era Art Nouveau Decorative-Cloth Publisher’s Binding Inspired by Margaret Armstrong’s Binding Design for The Rossettis ~ Classic Poetry ~ Embossed Gold Gilt Stamping

Publisher:

New York: A. L. Burt, no date, circa 1900.

Features:

Measures 7.5 x 5.3 inches.

Original decorative-cloth publisher’s binding: Blue cloth with embossed gold-gilt stamping of berries or grapes and vines intertwined with a gate or trellis.

Textblock top edge gilt.

Frontispiece with tissue guard.

621 pages.

Condition:

Very Good +.

The covers are crisp, clean, and bright with minor bumping and scuffing to the corners, and a tiny dent and a light smudge to the back. The textblock is solid and square. The pages are very clean and bright. Faint stain to the fore edge of the frontispiece and title page. No writing or marking.