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Message on title page (in French) to Wharton: "To Mrs. Edith Wharton in remembrance of her beautiful garden at Hyéres R. Caetani"; in wrappers.

Volume I (of 2).

Volume V (of six); edited by Rowland E. Prothero.

Signed: "G.F. Jones"All 17 volumes of collection signed in this way. Half black morocco with gilt decoration. Edited by Thomas Moore, ESQ.

Newly revised edition; includes illustration of Lord Byron which  was in the possession of the Baroness Burdett Coutts. Volume II (of six).There is some wear along the spine on the second page and there is evidence of dampness and molding. Edited by…

Newly revised edition; includes an illustration of Lord Byron; volume VI (of six). Includes torn page from a C.G Darwin with stamped text of thermometer measurements. There are markings along the top page  on the right hand side. Edited by Rowland E.…

Some markings; frontispiece portrait of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Some discoloration / damage.

From the "English Men of Letters" series.

"Quotations, proverbs, maxims, and mottos, classical and mediaeval, including law terms and phrases."
Inscribed: "Xmas 1874 from E.N.J"
Gift from Wharton to Henry Jones, her brother, Christmas 1874; Henry Jones has signed his name twice on the…

Translated from Arabic by John Payne; gilded in cream cloth

Prologue by Sully Prudhomme, select passages by G. Walch. Volume 1 of 3. Half blue morocco, wrappers with W's by Lavaux.

Prologue by Sully Prudhomme, select passages by G. Walch. Volume 2 of 3. Half blue morocco, wrappers with W's by Lavaux.

Prologue by Sully Prudhomme, select passages by G. Walch. Volume 3 of 3. Half blue morocco, wrappers with W's by Lavaux.

Bound in gilded, flexible leather
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