A Collection of Literary "Guide-Books" on English Literature from The Warwick Library

Published by The Gresham Publishing Company, London, 1906

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A smart four volume collection of literary "Guide-Books" on English literature from The Warwick Library, with cloth designs by Talwin Morris. Four volumes. The Warwick Library. A collection of "literary guide-books" intended to prove serviceable to the student and tasteful to the lover of letters. Each volume is devoted to the history of some singular literary growth, to enable the reader to follow the most important phases and influences. With cover designs by Talwin Morris, a prolific book designer and decorative artist known for his Glasgow Style. This set includes: English Pastorals, 1906. Selected with an introduction by Sir Edmund Kerchever Chambers, an English literary critic and Shakespearean scholar. English Masques, 1906. Selected with an introduction by Herbert Arthur Evans, a British scholar. English Essays, 1906. Selected with an introduction by J. H. Lobban, a British author and editor. English Literary Criticism, 1906. Selected with an introduction by Charles E. Vaughan, an English author and professor. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Fading to the spines, particularly English Masques, with the odd small split in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine. Front hinge starting but firm to English Essays. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot. The odd pencil mark to English Essays. Light spotting to the first and last few pages. Minor worming to the odd page of English Masques. Some of the text block remains unopened. Very Good.

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Title
A Collection of Literary "Guide-Books" on English Literature from The Warwick Library
Author
Edmund K. Chambers;Herbert Arthur Evans; J. H. Lobban; C. E. Vaughan
Publisher
The Gresham Publishing Company, London
Publication year
1906
Condition
Very Good
Book Type
book
Binding
Cloth
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None
Item weight
2 kilograms
Dimensions
7.5" by 5.5"

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