Norton Caroline E W (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Beautifully illustrated by W T Smedleuy, Fred Schell; Alfred Fredericks; Granville Perkins; J Woodward; Edmnd Garrett. Poiniant ballad of war, soldier, death and the Rhine River. Each page is illustrated with b/w scenes that complement the words. Pages held by string tied spine. Some page wear; minor rubbing and foxing on few pages. Smudges and discoloration spots on endpapers; Inner spine creases weakened and cracked but pages intact. Light green hard cover with gild lettering and ornate design; leaf garland; framed German town and river scene. Faded covers with soiling and frayed corners and spine ends. Previous owner name and date of Dec. 25, 1883 on front insdie cover. Gild page edges. RARE VINTAGE BALLAD. W t Smedley, Schell, Etc. (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Assumed first edition. No jacket. Covers soiled, edges worn and corners bumped. Especially worn top and bottom of spine. Basically, the covers of this book are in very rough shape. Owner's name and inscription inside. Some pages are slightly foxed but most are in quite good condition. Very compelling illustrations. W. T. Smedley et al (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good minus in decorated boards. Light foxing to some pages, rubs at spine ends and corners, corners bumped, all edges gilt.

Unpaged - 47 pages. Hardcover: H 19.75cm x L 16.25cm. White cloth spine lightly soiled; both boards with beveled gilt edges, pictorial front board with silver, gilt, and brown stamping/decoration; strong soiling to front board; lighter soiling to rear board which also has light scratch and a few small patches of surface abrasion. All edges gilt. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Still a handsome very good+ copy. War poem of German soldiers in the Foreign Legion fighting in Algiers by Brtish social reformer, author, and poet Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton [1808-1877]. Features illustrations by William Thomas Smedley [1858-1920], Frederic B. Schell [1838-1905], Alfred Fredericks, Granville Perkins [1830-1895], John Douglas Woodward [1846-1924], and Edmund Henry Garrett [1853-1929] which were drawn and engraved under the supervision of James W. Lauderbach.…