Language: English
Published by Globe School Book Co, 1900
Seller: Coffee Cat Books, Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition; Firsth Thus; Engl. 1900. Globe School Book Company, New York and Chicago: USA. Very Good. Hardcover Cloth. Some fading to edges, color bright, one inch discoloration/ stain to top spine (see photos). Previous owner's name penciled on front endpage, otherwise unmarked with no marginalia. Bright, clean interior pages. Light green/sage decorative cloth boards with dark green printed design featuring heraldic lion rampant, Gothic-style typography within decorative shields and banners, ornamental borders with crosses and fleur-de-lis patterns (7.5' x 5"). First Edition of this school edition. 75 pages, lovely illustrations throughout with frontispiece portrait of Coleridge from National Portrait Gallery painting and full-page line engravings / plates. Text reproduced from 1829 edition with Coleridge's personal supervision. Lovely example of Progressive Era educational publishing from Globe's prestigious English Classics Star Series, combining scholarly rigor with elegant Arts and Crafts aesthetic. Ships from the USA, quickly and with care.