The Book of English Poetry: With Critical and Biographical Sketches of the Poets Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons (HQ79)

Published 1855: First Edition / Hardcover / Very Good Condition / Illustrated throughout

Original maroon embossed full leather with gilt titles and decoration all round. 495 clean slightly age-toned pages with speckled foxing throughout, gilt edges all round, previous owners dedication on the first free page dated, 15th, Dec, 1859. Covers slightly rubbed with time, bumped on the corners and frayed along the spine ends and part edge consistent with age but remain firm and intact. Overall a nice and firm original leather bound scarce first edition.(HQ79)

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An anthology of English poetry from 1855 divided into: Modern English poets, poets of the Restoration, poets of the Elizabethan age, and early British poets.

Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, London; Edinburgh; and New York MDCCCLV (1855)