The Poetical Works of William Cowper

Third printing. Bound in full red leather with gilt decoration to both boards & to ribbed spine, as well as to inside edges of boards along pastedowns. Gilt to all page edges. Illustrated throughout with black & white plates [all plates present]. Outer corners lightly bumped; some scuffing to boards; slight darkening to spine with some cracking to leather. Pages somewhat age darkened; some staining to the upper edge of the first few pages. Signatures started, however, binding remains reasonably tight. The binding is for an academic award from University of Toronto; there is an award plate to the front pastedown.