1882 Rare Book - The Poetical Works of Henry W. Longfellow, IllustratedA richly ornamented Victorian edition gathering the poetic voice of Longfellow in one of the eras most striking decorative bindings. Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Edited, with a critical memoir, by William Michael Rossetti. Illustrated by Thomas Seccombe. Title: The Poetical Works of Henry W. Longfellow. Publisher: London, Ward, Lock, & Co., Warwick House, [circa 1882]. Language: Text in English. Size: 7. 5 x 5 inches. Pages: xvi 658 pages +

Author: Louisa May Alcott

finely bound in red morocco leather with unusual and decorative boards with intricate gilt geometric tooling by Leighton Son and Hodge (hinges fine

Bound in white cloth vellum style with “The Vaudeville Theatre Edition” at the top

a pseudonym used by the late Victorian illustrator Clara Creed

1858 saw the publication of the first of more than a dozen children's books illustrated by Charles Bennett

Size: 7 "X 4

who lived under the reign of Louis XIV of France

(McKay's Young People's Classics)

original publisher full orange cloth binding with gilt title on front board (hinges fine

The illustrators: Both Lizzie Lawson and Robert Ellice Mack collaborated closely on works such as this

The novel tells the story of Captain Ahab's obsessive quest to kill the white whale

Illustrations: Illustrated throughout with Newell’s distinctive color plates