Author: L. Valentine [editor]
Title: The Nobility of Life, Its Graces and Virtues Portrayed in Prose and Verse
Description: London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1869. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short fiction on all aspects of life, with colour plates and illustrations throughout. First edition. Illustrated with twenty-four colour plates and numerous in-text images and decorations. Collated complete. A collection of poetry and prose on the virtues and graces in which the true nobility of life are found. With sections on religion and faith, charity, truth, courage, love, friendship, patriotism, duty, genius, beauty, age, and more. Selected and edited by Laura Valentine, a British author and editor. With illustrations from artists such as: J. D. Watson, P. Hundley, H. Le Jeune, C. Green, and J. Wolf, amongst others. In the original green cloth binding with gilt. Externally, sound with rubbing resulting in small splits and fraying to the cloth at the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with the odd small spot to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with scattered spotting and light age toning to the extremities. A light tide mark to the top of the page from page 111 to the end of the book. Bookseller's blind stamp and a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. With a small article pasted to the front pastedown. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

Keywords: Nobility Life Graces Virtues Life Not Stated


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