1884, Antique Gilt Victorian Poetry Gift Book: Favorite Poems, English, American

Covers are ornate pictorial cloth boards with gold gilt lettering and decorative motifs. the top edge of the text block is finished in gold gilt. mid 1880s, Crowell. The work features a frontispiece and several engravings, such as the old clock on the stairs, and includes a comprehensive index of first lines at the rear.

The Poems of George Eliot 1884 Antique Victorian Illustrated Cloth Book

442 numbered pages 16 plates (including frontispiece) Binding condition: Hinges firm. Corners and ends bumped (3 corners are also fraying). Spine slightly yellowed. Moderate staining and light scuffing and rubbing throughout. Page condition: The top corner of the front free endpaper was torn, but was taped back on. The top right corners of about half the text block are bumped. Minor staining, tanning, and creasing throughout. Dimensions: Length: 6.75 in. Width: 1.25 in. Height: 9.25 in.