Gardner helen compiler and editor (1 risultati)

Leather. Condizione: Near Fine. Stated second printing, 1973. An entirely new edition of the famous treasury of poetry by some of the leading names in English-language verse, originally compiled and edited by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch in 1900. Poems in this new 1972 collection were chosen and edited by Helen Gardner, who supplies footnotes for archaic words and a preface. With index of first lines at rear of volume. --- In full deluxe navy leather-covered boards with gilt-stamped titling on spine and with gilt decorations to cover & spine; navy endpapers & sewn-in satin ribbon placemarker. AEG (all edges gilt). Volume protected in navy leather-look paper-covered slipcase. --- An about-Near Fine copy: bright, tightly-bound and unmarked, though with slight scratches to textblock edge gilding. Slipcase with scuffing and rubbing to extremities, otherwise structurally sound and well able to protect this lovely book. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xii, 974 pages.…