Author: S. O. Beeton [ed.]
Title: Beeton&Apos;S Great Book of Poetry: From Caedmon and King Alfred&Apos;S Boethius to Browning and Tennyson. Also, a Separate Selection of American Poems, Containing Nearly Two Thousand of the Best Pieces in the English Language; with Sketches of History of the Poetry of Our Country, and Biographical Notices of the Poets
Description: London, Ward, Lock & Co. [1870]. Hardback. Vast collection of poetry from the earliest times in two volumes, edited by Mr. Beeton and bound in lovely uniform bindings. Containing a vast amount of poetry from the earliest times, including Alfred the Great, Caedmon, Robert Browning, Robert Burns, William Blake, Michael Drayton, John Keats, Lord Byron, William Shakespeare, and WM Thackeray among others. Edited by S. O. Beeton, husband of Isabella Beeton. He was an English editor and publisher known for his magazine 'Boys Own Magazine&apos. Dated from Copac. Complete in two volumes. Rebound in uniform half calf bindings over cloth covered boards, marbled edges and endpapers, titles in gilt to red and green morocco title labels. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Small bookseller sticker to front pastedown. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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