A Thousand and One Gems of Poetry

Charles Mackay

Published by George Routledge and Sons, London, 1877

About this Item

A selection of poetry selected by Charles Mackay and beautifully illustrated by John Tenniel, John Gilbert others, bound in the original decorative cloth. A later edition, first published in 1867.Illustrated by many talented and noted artists such as John Everett Millais, John Gilbert and John Tenniel with a monochrome frontispiece, vignettes and seven monochrome plates. Collated complete.In the scarce original publisher's cloth.This work features a wonderful anthology of poetry from English authors, selected and edited by Scottish poet Charles Mackay. Featuring examples of the poetry of Chaucer, Milton, Hood, and many others. In the publisher's original decorative cloth. Externally very smart with slight bumping and rubbing to the extremities and a slight lean. Internally firmly bound with a bookseller's blind stamp to the front blank. Pages generally bright with light spotting throughout. Light tidemarks to the head of several plates. Very Good Indeed. Seller Inventory # 915Z41

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Thousand and One Gems of Poetry

Publisher: George Routledge and Sons, London

Publication Date: 1877

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: J. E. Millais; Sir John Gilbert; John Tenniel; Birket Foster, et al.

Condition: Very Good Indeed

Book Type: book