Author: Arthur Quiller-Couch [editor]
Title: The Oxford Book of English Verse
Description: Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1912 . Leather. A copy of Arthur Quiller-Couch's compilation of English verse from 1250-1900, beautifully bound in a full calf prize binding. Rebound in a smart, full calf, prize binding with a gilt motif to the front cover and five decorated raised bands to the spine. A later printing of this collection of esteemed English poetry by Arthur Quiller-Couch. Originally published in 1900, it sold close to five hundred thousand copies in its first edition. Included are verses by Edmund Spenser, Michael Drayton, John Milton, John Dryden, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, William Wordsworth, and numerous other important authors. This collection contains poetry from 1250-1900. With a prize bookplate awarding the book to A. Hodgson for an English prize. Rebound in a full calf, prize binding with a gilt motif to the front cover. Externally, verys smart, with light shelf wear and the occasional mark to the leather. Light fading to the spine and a little to the extremities. Bookplate to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with one or two spots to the first and few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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