Seven Finely Bound Books of English and Scottish Poetry

to include:

James Beattie. THE MINSTREL; OR, THE PROGRESS OF GENIUS: AND OTHER POEMS. London: John Sharpe, 1817. Dark blue gilt and blind tooled leather boards, all edges gilt, with marbled endpapers.16 mo; 176pp. Engravings from the designs of Richard Westall. (Scuffing to boards, edgewear, corners and head and tail of spine rubbed with small losses to leather; some wear to gilt edges; pages very lightly toned with scattered foxing with small damp stain on (1) leaf; about very good.)

Lord Byron; William Anderson. THE WORKS OF LORD BYRON: WITH A LIFE AND ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES. Two volumes bound as one. Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co., [n.d., ca. 1850]. Red gilt and blind tooled leather, with raised bands on spine and bookmark ribbon, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. 4to; ccxxiv, 270, 465. Vol. I with portrait frontispiece with facsimile inscription and signatures, vol. II with frontispiece with Newstead Abbey, engraved title pages, and numerous steel engravings throughout. (Light edgewear and scuffing to boards, (1) corner moderately bumped, spine and joints rubbed with creasing; light wear to gilt edges, cracking at front hinges, signature and writing on free endpaper, with light toning, scattered foxing and offsetting; very good.)

Thomas Campbell and Oliver Goldsmith. POETICAL WORKS OF THOMAS CAMPBELL AND OLIVER GOLDSMITH. London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1858. Red leather with elaborate blind tooling, gilt stamped lettering on cover and spine, raised bands, all edges gilt, with bookmark ribbon. 16mo; 111pp. With frontispiece and (5) additional plates with tissue guards. (Minimal scuffing to boards, corners rubbed, light wear to spine and joints; frontispiece and title page loose, cracking at front hinges, endpapers with light grime, (1) with signature, toning mostly at endpapers, moderate foxing throughout; good.)

Oliver Goldsmith, et al. THE POETICAL WORKS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH, TOBIAS SMOLLETT, SAMUEL JOHNSON, AND WILLIAM SHENSTONE. London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1861. Red leather with elaborate tooling, gilt stamping on cover and spine, raised bands, all edges gilt, with bookmark ribbon, previous owner's initials on endpapers. 16mo; 196pp. with index. With frontispiece and (7) additional plates. Illustrated by John Gilbert. (Boards with light scuffing, light rubbing at joints; slight wear to gilt edges, inscription on front free endpaper verso, title page and first several pages slightly loose, light toning, minimal foxing, offsetting from illustrations, occasional stain, some tissue guards lacking; good.)

Alexander Pope. THE POETICAL WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE. WITH LIFE. London and Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis, [ca. 1860s]. Red leather with elaborate tooling, gilt stamping on cover and spine, raised bands, all edges gilt, with bookmark ribbon. 12mo; 496pp. With steel engravings. (Good condition with light wear to boards, interior with occasional foxing, offsetting, and ink marks, several pages with small tears, folds, or creases, light wear to bookmark.)

Alfred Tennyson. A DREAM OF FAIR WOMEN. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1880. Quarter bound over tree calf, gilt designs, raised bands and gilt lettering on spine, all edges gilt, with marbled endpapers. Thin 8vo; 103pp. (Good condition with significant edgewear and rubbing to corners, some loss to leather, spine with only a small amount of rubbing at head and tail; front hinge cracked, light toning, a few pages with small edge and corner losses not impacting text.)

Percy Shelley; Thomas Hutchinson, ed. THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford, 1929. Red leather bound with gilt tooled border, and gilt tooled spine with raised bands, all edges gilt, with patterned endpapers. 12mo; 912pp. with index. Frontispiece with portrait of Shelley, with tissue guard. With frontispiece and numerous illustrations. (Some scuffing and small dents to boards, light rubbing to corners and spine; signature at free endpaper, foxing mostly at endpapers, bookshop sticker at rear paste-down endpaper; very good.)
Smallest 6 5/8 x 4 1/4 in.; largest 10 1/4 x 7 1/8 in.
From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.
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