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London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd., Not Dated, Later Edition. Quarter vellum binding, gilt titles, gilt design to the spine, top page edges gilt, b/w portrait frontispiece. The poems of Edmund Spenser (Selected). Edited, with an essay, Biographical and critical, and glossary, by the Hon. Roden Noel. vi, 7-344pp, plus a page of adverts (for the Canterbury Poets). Approximately 5 ½ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition vellum, gilt titles on red label, gilt bands, gilt floral decoration. Joints good condition. Corners good condition. Boards good condition quarter vellum and red cloth boards with gilt lines, contained within a green card slip case, the case is worn along the edges. Page edges good condition top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges plain, there is some foxing along the bottom edge. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition intact. Paste downs good condition plain. End papers good condition plain, lightly tanned with some foxing. Title good condition lightly tanned with some foxing. Pages good condition b/w frontispiece Spenser , text is clean and bright. Binding good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: Not Dated Binding: Hardback.
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