The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler
London: William Pickering, 1835. First Pickering edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 12mo. [5], vi-l, [1], 2-275, [3]; [5], vi, [1], 2-297, [3] pp. Half brown later brown sheep over marbled paper boards with the spines in six compartments, gold decorations and a red and a brown morocco label lettered in gold on each spine; all edges marbled. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Volume one illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Butler. Part of the Aldine poets series with the Aldine device on each title page, an homage to the early printer Aldus Manutius. Kelly 1835.2. Keynes 48. Edited by J. Mitford. Very Good. Item #000013470
A tiny hole in the front board of volume one, light rubbing to the spines and a small tear to the margin to one leaf in volume one.
Price: $150.00