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Selected Poems of Christina G. Rossetti
ROSSETTI, Christina; SANDHEIM, May (illustrator); SMELLIE, M.A. Alexander (Introduction)
Published by Andrew Melrose, London, 1907
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Quair Books PBFA, Leeds, United KingdomQuair Books PBFA
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Condition: Used - Good
£ 45.00
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Good+. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, xxxix, [1], 121, [1 colophon], [8 publisher's adverts], title page lettered in orange and black + b/w frontis and seven plates illustrated by May Sandheim. Original blue decorated cloth, lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, blue ribbon marker. Spine darkened, wear and bruising to extremit…ies, some rubbing and stains. Gift inscription to front pastedown: "To Mr Cromarty. From A Pupil 27.10.37," ffep excised, endpapers toned, one plate loose, foxed. Good+ A robust copy of this attractive 1907 decorated cloth edition of Selected Poems of Christina Rossetti, featuring Pre-Raphaelite-esque illustrations by May Sandheim and an introduction by Alexander Smellie, the author and Stranraer minister; and including a 1937 gift inscription to Mr Cromarty from "A Pupil": a choice, if unusual and generous gift for a teacher.
