The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection From the Works of the Great Essayists from Lord Bacon to John Ruskin, With Introduction, Biographical Notices and Critical Notes

Oversized hardcover in dark green quarter leather without dust jacket, top edge gilt, bright and clear spine gilt lettering and decoration, 536 pages, plus black-and-white illustrations; bumps and light to moderate wear to cover corners and spine ends, fore and bottom edges lightly foxed with traces of penetration to outer margins of some pages, covers with a whitish hue due to exposure to moisture, previous owner's ink city/date and embossed stamp on first blank page, but very gently used, tight in binding although looseness developing, text pages otherwise very clean and unmarked. See also our other listings in this series from William P. Nimmo: The Treasury of Modern Biography, and The British Letter Writers (buy the set of 3 for only $25.00, but extra S & H will be requested for these heavy books).