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c1920 Antique Library 29 Books Literature Poetry Classics Leather Gilt Bindings

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c1920 Antique Library 29 Books Literature Poetry Classics Leather Gilt Bindings

A Broad Collection/Library of Antique Books. Includes The Following 29 Volumes:
  1. Sheridan's Dramatic Works — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
  2. A Typing Anthology of Verse
  3. Familiar Studies of Men and Books — Robert Louis Stevenson
  4. The Decameron — Giovanni Boccaccio
  5. Life of General Booth
  6. Selected Poems — Rupert Brooke
  7. The Golden Legend — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  8. Table Talk — William Hazlitt
  9. Selections from Robert Burns
  10. Poems — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
  11. Sketches and Essays — William Hazlitt
  12. Hard Cash — Charles Reade
  13. The Man in the Iron Mask — Alexandre Dumas
  14. Mrs Halliburton's Troubles — Mrs Henry Wood
  15. Lectures on the English Comic Writers — William Hazlitt
  16. The Hero and Hero-Worship — Thomas Carlyle
  17. The Apocrypha — Revised Version
  18. Plays — Leo Tolstoy
  19. The Blue Bird — Maurice Maeterlinck
  20. Selections from Wordsworth — William Wordsworth
  21. Youth & Gaspar Ruiz — Joseph Conrad
  22. Sister Beatrice and Ardiane & Barbe Bleue — Maurice Maeterlinck
  23. Cole's Pocket Dictionary
  24. The Merry Wives of Windsor — William Shakespeare
  25. Enoch Arden — Alfred, Lord Tennyson
  26. Goethe's Hermann and Dorothea — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  27. The Golden Legend — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  28. Soldier Songs - Edited by J.E. Carpenter
  29. Longfellows Poetical Works
Various Publishers Mainly: London c1920

" Offered here is a wonderfully atmospheric instant antique library comprising 29 individual books, housed together in the vintage carry/storage case shown and weighing approximately 5.4 kilograms in total. Predominantly dating from the late Victorian, Edwardian and early twentieth-century period, the collection presents beautifully as a group, with an exceptional array of gilt-decorated leather, faux-leather and cloth spines in rich reds, greens, blues and browns. Arranged upon a shelf, the books have precisely the warm, traditional appearance associated with an old private library or study, while remaining a genuine and highly varied collection of readable literature rather than a modern decorative set.

The collection ranges broadly across English and European literature, poetry, drama, essays, biography, religion and reference, with works by many of the great names of the literary canon. Visible titles include Sheridan's Dramatic Works; A Typing Anthology of Verse; Familiar Studies of Men and Books by Robert Louis Stevenson; The Decameron by Boccaccio; Life of General Booth; Selected Poems by Rupert Brooke; Poems of Ella Wheeler Wilcox; Sketches and Essays by William Hazlitt; Hard Cash by Charles Reade; The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas; Mrs Halliburton's Troubles by Mrs Henry Wood; Plays by Tolstoy; The Apocrypha; Selections from Wordsworth; Conrad's Youth & Gaspar Ruiz; Sister Beatrice and Ardiane & Barbe Bleue by Maurice Maeterlinck; The Merry Wives of Windsor by Shakespeare; Enoch Arden by Tennyson; The Golden Legend by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; and Cole's Pocket Dictionary, together with further volumes displayed in the photographs. The Maeterlinck volume is representative of an established early-20th-century series of pocket editions, while the illustrated Collins Merry Wives of Windsor belongs to its attractive Stage Shakespeare series.

Particularly appealing are the numerous decorative gilt bindings and pocket-format editions scattered throughout the collection. Among the books examined is Stevenson's Familiar Studies of Men and Books, identified on its title page as the Fine-Paper Edition, Chatto & Windus, London, 1901; the Longfellow Golden Legend retains its attractive colour frontispiece; the Ella Wheeler Wilcox volume contains nearly 100 selected poems and a portrait frontispiece; while The Merry Wives of Windsor contains its illustrated frontispiece and was issued with eight pages of illustrations. The Maeterlinck Sister Beatrice and Ardiane & Barbe Bleue is another particularly attractive little gilt volume, a work documented in George Allen editions from the opening decades of the twentieth century.

A terrific opportunity to acquire an entire 29-volume antique and vintage library in a single purchase, complete with the old carry case in which the books are displayed. The collection would be equally suited to the reader or collector seeking an inexpensive cross-section of classic literature, or as a ready-made library for a traditional study, office, bookcase, period home, library display or interior setting. Most importantly, these are not uniform modern reproduction "decorator books": they are genuine old books, individually published and naturally aged over many decades, giving the collection tremendous character when displayed together. All 29 books and the carry case shown are included in the sale. "

Condition: Good overall antique/vintage condition, with condition naturally varying considerably between individual volumes. Expect general age-related wear including rubbing, fading, marks, foxing, toning, bumped and worn corners, edge wear and varying degrees of wear to bindings. Several volumes exhibit heavier wear, including losses or deterioration to spine coverings, worn joints and/or binding weakness, as clearly visible in the photographs. Other volumes remain particularly attractive with strong gilt decoration and well-preserved bindings. Books have not been individually collated and are offered together as a single 29-volume collection exactly as photographed. Vintage carry case has general surface, edge and storage wear consistent with age and use. Total combined weight approximately 5.4kg.

Carry Box Measures 39.5cm x 24cm For Book Size & Scale Reference.

PRODUCT DETAILS


Condition: Good
Binding: Leather
Special Attributes: ["Decorated Cloth Bindings", "29 Books", "Decorated Leather Bindings", "Instant Antique Book Library"]
Region: Europe
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Seller Notes: Good overall antique/vintage condition, with condition naturally varying considerably between individual volumes. Expect general age-related wear including rubbing, fading, marks, foxing, toning, bumped and worn corners, edge wear and varying degrees of wear to bindings. Several volumes exhibit heavier wear, including losses or deterioration to spine coverings, worn joints and/or binding weakness, as clearly visible in the photographs. Other volumes remain particularly attractive with strong gilt decoration and well-preserved bindings. Books have not been individually collated and are offered together as a single 29-volume collection exactly as photographed. Vintage carry case has general surface, edge and storage wear consistent with age and use. Total combined weight approximately 5.4kg.
Language: English
Author: Various
Publisher: Various
Year Printed: 1920
Sub-subject: British Literature