Property of a Private Collector, Hilton Head Island, SC

Description:

10 Volumes of Drama and Poetry, 19th/20th Century, including Shelley, Percy Byshe, The Posthumous Poems, 1824, first edition (lacking inserted errata leaf); Scott, Sir Walter, Halidon Hill, 1822, first edition; Pulling, F.S., Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1880, from Illustrated Biographies of the Great Artists; Gowery, Lord Ronald, Romney and Lawrence, 1882, from Illustrated Biographies of the Great Artists; Whitcomb Riley, James, Neighborly Poems, 1891 (owner signature on flyleaf); Whitcomb Riley, James, Armazindy, 1894 (owner signature on flyleaf); Browne, Sir Thomas, Religio Medici, edited by W.A. Greenhill, 1950, from the Golden Treasury Series, Betjeman, John, Selected Poems, edited by John Sparrow, reprinted 1955; Keats, John, Selected Poems, edited by Edmund Blunden, reprinted 1972; Betjeman, John, Collected Poems, edited by the Earl of Birkenhead, third impression 1974, enlarged edition.

Measurements: Height: of Shelley, 8 1/2 in. x Width: 5 5/8 in. x Depth: 1 1/8 in.

Condition:

Overall good condition, general shelf wear to spines, some toning and occasional foxing. See photos, as is.

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