Description: This listing is for two volumes in The Bibelot series, "A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, chosen in part from scarce editions and sources not generally known," edited and originally published by Thomas B. Mosher, Portland, Maine. These books are part of the "Testimonial Edition," published by Wm. H. Wise & Co., New York: 1. Volume XVIII, pub. in 1912, 443 pages. Contents include:A Prelude to Life by Arthur SymonsThe Dying of Francis Donne & Prose Poems by Francis DonneUnder an Elm Tree by William MorrisThe Happiest of Poets by W. B. YeatsThree Selections from "Leaves of Grass" by Walt WhitmanCasanova at Dux by Arthur SymonsTwo Selections from John InglesantThree Poems of England's Glory (by Henry Newbolt, Theodore Watts-Dunton and Alfred Lord Tennyson)Two Stories by Ernest Dowson (The Eyes of Pride and Countess Marie of the Angels)Two Chapters from Marius the Epicurean by Walter PaterThree Nature Essays by James DouglasThe Thoughts of Emperor Marcus Aurelius by Herbert P. Horne2. Volume XIX, pub. in 1913, 428 pages. Includes:The Little Schoolmaster Mark by J. H. ShorthouseA "Canterbury" Whitman by Richard le GallienneThe Spell of Old Music and Other Essays by Henry Noel BrailsfordFour Translations from TheocritusMr. Stevenson's Forerunner: An Essay by James Ashcroft NobleRiders to the Sea by J. M. SyngeIn the Shadow of the Glen by J. M. SyngeThe Poetry of Robert Bridges by Arthur SymonsPoems of Mary Coleridge, an essay by Robert BridgesThree Essays by Charles Lamb (Old China, Dream-Children, The Child Angel)The Last Chapter of Hydriotaphia by Sir Thomas Browne, including "A Brief Course on Urne-Burial"They measure 4.5 X 6 X 1 in. and have faux-vellum spines. Each has a previous owner's bookplate, otherwise they're unmarked, securely bound. Many pages remain uncut, i.e. they're still attached at their top edges. Foxing inside and out and spines are tanned. Free shipping in the USA. Thanks for looking! Loc: sets, 1st floor.
Price: 16 USD
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Author: various
Publisher: Wm. H. Wise Co.
Topic: Poetry
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
