Three works published by Blackie and Son Limited in their Red Letter series, with covers and internal decoration designed by Talwin Morris. All 16 cm x 10 cm.
Hamlet. The Red Letter Shakespeare. London 1907. Bound in maroon soft leather with gilt decoration to front cover and gilt titling and decoration to spine. Top edge of text block gilt. Decorated endpapers, half title and title page. Ends of spine and corners worn, with slight leather loss at ends of spine. Wear to covers and spine, with scratch to leather on front cover. Foxing to edges text block. Pages clean. Still an attractive copy in good to very good condition.
Poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Red Letter Library. With an introduction by Alice Meynell. Reprint, 1905. Green cloth with gilt decoration to front cover and gilt decoration and titling to spine. Top edge of text block gilt. Decorated endpapers. Light wear to ends of spine, corners and bottom edges of boards. Foxing to early pages. Marks to a couple of other pages. Contents pages have come loose. Overall good to very good condition.
Poems by Christina Rossetti. With an introduction by Alice Meynell. The Red Letter Poets. Undated. Gift inscription on front free endpaper dated Xmas 1923. Blue cloth with gilt and white titling and decoration to front board and spine. Decorated endpapers. Photogravure portrait as frontispiece. Ends of spine and corners bumped. Foxing to edges of text block. Overall very good condition, and a nice item.