Author: Eleanor Vere Boyle; Various
Title: A Book of the Heavenly Birthdays
Description: London, Elliot Stock, 1894. Leather. A charming anthology of poems, edited, illustrated, and signed by Eleanor Vere Boyle. Signed by the illustrator to the recto of the front free endpaper, "To E. C. C. from E. V. B. Sept 1894".The second edition of this scarce work.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and a few engravings. Collated, complete.A charming anthology of poems edited and illustrated by Eleanor Vere Boyle. The anthology contains pieces by an array of eminent writers. These include Shakespeare, Austin Dobson, Wordsworth, Walter Raleigh, Tennyson, Emerson, Spenser, and more.Eleanor Vere Boyle was an eminent Scottish artist of the Victorian era. Her style was influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites, her work being much admired by Rossetti, and she was one of the first women artists to be recognised for her achievements. In a half calf binding with patterned paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart, a little rubbed. Spine is faded. A few light marks to the boards. Small chip to the tail of the rear joint. Hinges are starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Dedication leaf and first leaf of preface are detached but present. Good . Ill.: Eleanor Vere Boyle. Good .

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