ORIGINAL POEMS ILLUSTRATED. (Spine title: "Original Poems for Infant Minds.")

No author specified (but OCLC credits Ann Taylor and Jane Taylor).

Published by London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, Broadway, 1868.

About this Item

i-xiv, 15-190, [2] pages. Hardcover: H 20.25cm x L 15.25cm. Red cloth with decorative black and gilt stamping to spine and front board; rubbing and soiling to beveled-edge boards; color fading to spine with head chipped and shallow loss at frayed heel, front board decorated (in a faux Cosway style) with centerpiece oval paper paste-on (H 10.5cm x L 8.25cm) Victorian-period color image of young child sketching his pet dog - a few nicks at edges with slight chipping at right center edge; some black staining to rear board. All edges gilt. Personal bookplate (probably early 1900s) of Wilfrid Scarborough Jackson on front pastedown; London, England bindery ticket for W. Bone & Son on rear pastedown. Moisture stains at top corner of leaves ever diminishing inward but with additional red color bleed from front board affecting several early leaves too; some soiling, other staining, and foxing. Slender tearing at top 8cm of front hinge's surface paper; binding slightly shaken between pages 190 and succeeding unpaged publisher advertising leaf. 139 uncredited poems accompanied by 118 credited b/w illustrations. Only a good copy at best but still an unusual poetry collection in an interesting British decorative signed binding.

Seller Inventory # PXZP-14630

Bibliographic Details

• Title: ORIGINAL POEMS ILLUSTRATED. (Spine title: "Original Poems for Infant Minds.")
• Publisher: London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, Broadway, 1868.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry