Coates Henry T Editor (3 results)

Missing front endpaper, half-title, title and copyright pages. Tattered and a bit stained around the edges of the pages. Great old Victorian book. Early edition. Binding is Hardbound.

Three-Quarter Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. a large volume with tan calf on spine and corners. The covers are marbled. This shows heavy wear especially at corners and spine ends. The marbling at bottom edges is worn. There are many black and white engravings throughout. Well indexed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Fine condition black linen boards with gold spine lettering. Includes Author (compiler and editor) Dedication; Preface by Henry T. Coates dated October 18, 1878, Philadelphia. Table of Contents is as Follows: Index of the Names of the Poems; Index of Authors; Poems of Home and the Fireside; Poems of Infancy and Childhood; Poems of Memory and Retrospection; POems of Love; Personal Poems; Historical Poems; Poems of Patriotism; Legendary and Ballad Poetry; Poems of Nature; Poems of Places; Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs; Moral and Didactic Poetry; Poems of Labor and Social Question; Poems of Sentiment; Weird and Fantastic Poetry; Humorous and Satirical Poetry; Notes, Explanatory and Corroborative; and Index of First Lines. Illustrated with black-and-white engraved plates with fine condition tissue guard overlays plus an additional black-and-white engraved frontispiece plate with accompanying fine condition tissue guard overlay. Also includes gilt page edges on all three sides and a bound-into-the-volume purple satin ribbon page marker.…