Essays of British Essayists Including Biographical and Critical Sketches
London: The Colonial Press [1900], 1900. Later edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [2], iii-ix, [1], [4], 3-447, [1] pp. Navy publisher's cloth with gold borders and gold lettering on the front boards, gold lettering on the spines; top edges gilt. Title pages in orange and black. Volume one illustrated with a frontispiece and with two plates. Volume two illustrated with a frontispiece and with three plates. Revised edition. With a special introduction by Chauncey C. Starkweather. With essays from Locke, Hume, Addison, Bacon, Johnson, Coleridge, Arnold, Burke, Pope, Shelley, Thackeray, Ruskin, and many others. Very Good. Item #000015476
Light rubbing to the corners and spine tips, volume two's title page detached but laid in, its tissue guard with a tear.
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