A handsome late Victorian edition of The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, edited by William Michael Rossetti and illustrated by Henry Dell.
Published by Ward, Lock & Co., this substantial volume brings together the celebrated poetry of one of Britain's foremost Romantic poets. Wordsworth's works, including The Prelude, Ode: Intimations of Immortality, The Solitary Reaper and Daffodils, remain among the most influential poems in English literature.
This copy is attractively bound in a half-leather binding with gilt decoration to the spine, marbled endpapers and marbled page edges. It also retains an original Berwick Corporation Academy prize presentation label dated 11th July 1890, adding an appealing piece of provenance to the volume.
A well-presented decorative edition that would suit collectors of Victorian bindings, poetry and nineteenth-century literature.
Key Information
- Title: The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth
- Author: William Wordsworth
- Editor: William Michael Rossetti
- Illustrator: Henry Dell
- Publisher: Ward, Lock & Co., London
- Date: c.1890
- Binding: Half leather with cloth boards
- Language: English
- Format: Hardback
Condition Report
- Attractive half-leather binding with gilt decoration to the spine.
- Marbled endpapers and marbled page edges.
- General rubbing and wear consistent with age.
- Light marking to the cloth boards.
- Binding remains firm with clean, bright pages.
- Original Berwick Corporation Academy prize label dated 11th July 1890.