THE POETICAL WORKS OF CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI 1904 FINE BINDING BY BICKERS
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[ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA G.]. The Poetical Works. With a Memoir and Notes by William Michael Rossetti. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1904.
First edition thus. Leather-bound; hardcover; octavo (19.5cm x 13cm x 4cm); pp. xlix, 507. English text in double columns. Attractively bound by Bickers & Son in contemporary half crushed morocco over hand-marbled paper-covered boards, the boards ruled in gilt, the spine with sinuous Art Nouveau decoration in gilt; top edge gilt, the others untrimmed; hand-marbled endpapers; illustrated with a black and white portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight, secure and square, the hinges and joints intact. The covers very well-preserved. Interior largely fresh and clean with some spotting to fore edge. Without previous ownership markings.
Notes: A beautiful copy of this edition of Christina Rossetti's poetical works, edited by her brother William Michael Rossetti, presented in a wonderful binding by Bickers.