[Rarebooks] fs: Great Poets in Fine Bindings

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

Poets are fun,
Poets are nice,
Poets rarely
harbor lice.


THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN MILTON, edited by Sir Egerton Brydges, with 
Imaginative Illustrations by J.M.W. Turner.

London; John Macrone: 1835. Hardcovers. 6 volumes. 4.25"x6.5". Bound in 
blue half-leather and cloth, gilt, with raised bands, medallions and rules. 
Marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Decorative title pages and frontispieces 
engraved after paintings by Turner. Decorative title page in Volume 1 
detached but present; moderate water stains to the title pages and plates 
in all volumes; overall light wear, slight water stains to some of the 
boards, not extending to the spines; spines with a few very minor dings, 
but the overall shelf appearance of this handsome set is quite 
lovely.  [07314]  $275.00

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THE POETICAL WORKS OF THOMAS GRAY.

London; William Pickering: 1853. Hardcover. 5 volumes. 4.5"x6.5". Bound in 
black half-leather and cloth, with raised bands and gilt rules and titles; 
bindings signed "Morrell of London". Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. 
Engraved portrait in Volume 1. Some very slight marginal water staining 
along the base of some pages in several volumes, moderate but very light 
staining along the bottom of most pages in Volume One, and a pronounced 
"tide line" stain on the portrait. Light soil throughout, light wear to the 
covers, but overall a very handsome set.  [07315]  $150.00

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