The Complete Poetical Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Edited With Preface and Notes By William M. Rossetti. [Author’s Edition – Half Leather Binding]. This item is unavailable.The Complete Poetical Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Edited With Preface and Notes By William M. Rossetti. [Author’s Edition – Half Leather Binding]

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1898, Author’s Edition. Bound in two volumes (originally bound in one) with separate pagination. No separate title page to the Ballads and Sonnets as called for. Elegant red half leather binding, gilt titles and decoration to slightly faded spines, gilt page top edges, others tanned and spotted, marbled paper covered boards, and end papers, portrait frontispiece to Vol I, text blocks tight. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Pagination: xl, [ii], 293pp; 336pp. Approximately 7 ¾ inches (20cm) tall. Condition Report Externally Spine – very good condition – faded, gilt titles, gilt decorated compartments. Joints – very good condition – gently rubbed. Corners – very good condition – gently bumped and worn. Boards – very good condition – half leather and marbled paper covered boards, some rubbing and marks. Page edges – good condition – top edge gilt, others tanned. Binding – very good condition. See above and photos. Internally Hinges – very good condition – sound. Paste downs – very good condition – marbled paper. End papers – very good condition – marbled paper, tanned subsequently. Title – good condition – tanned. Pages – good condition – half title present, tanned throughout. See photos.…