POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING ~1896~ RAMAGE BINDING -GILT- SMITH, ELDER & CO

POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING ~1896~ RAMAGE BINDING -GILT- SMITH, ELDER & CO ** TWO VOLUMES IN ONE ** THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING WITH PORTRAITS IN TWO VOLUMES PUBLISHED BY SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE - 1896 LEATHER BINDING BY RAMAGE - LONDON ** STATES, IN BINDERS GOLD TOOLED STAMP, ON BOTTOM EDGE INSIDE FRONT COVER - BOUND BY RAMAGE LONDON - RAMAGE WERE ONE OF THE FINEST BOOK BINDERS OF THE PERIOD AND ONE OF THE WORLD'S FOREMOST BINDING FIRMS - JOHN RAMAGE WAS BORN IN LONDON IN 1836, FOLLOWING HIS APPRENTICESHIP HE WENT TO PARIS TO CONTINUE LEARNING HIS CRAFT UNDER LORTICE, ONE OF THE LEADING FRENCH BINDERS OF THE DAY - HE ULTIMATELY OPENED A BOOKBINDERS FIRM IN LONDON IN THE MID-1860s, MOVING FROM EDINBURGH ** FINE GREEN/TURQUOISE RAMAGE LEATHER BINDING - WITH FIVE GILT/GOLD RAISED BANDS - GILT R. BROWNING TO SPINE WHICH IS A LITTLE FADED - SOME WEAR TO CORNERS/EDGES, A FEW MINOR MARKS TO COVERS - FIRM BINDING - EXQUISITE GILDED EDGES TO INTERIOR ENDPAPERS INSIDE FRONT AND REAR COVERS - VERY PRETTY GREEN LEAF ENDPAPERS TWO PORTRAITS - ROBERT BROWNING 1835 & ROBERT BROWNING 1881 - SLIGHT CREASE TO BOTTOM CORNER OF FIRST PORTRAIT 786 PAGES, HEAVY FOXING TO EARLY AND LATE PAGES, HOWEVER MOST TEXT PAGES ARE FOXING-FREE - ** PLEASE NOTE THAT SOMEONE HAS MADE SOME LIGHTLY PENCILLED NOTES AT THE START OF 'PAULINE' AND ONE OR TWO OTHER POEMS - ALTHOUGH THIS COULD BE EASILY ERASED, I HAVE LEFT AS THEY ARE RATHER INTERESTING! - REALLY BEAUTIFUL, BRIGHT GILT TO ALL PAGE EDGES ** THE BOOK HAS A LITTLE BIT OF AN OLD BOOK/MUSTY ODOUR WILL SEND FIRST CLASS IN THE U.K. *************** *** I WILL POST WORLDWIDE - FOR OVERSEAS BUYERS - PLEASE ASK IF YOU REQUIRE ~INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR~ OR ~AIRSURE~ SERVICE, WHICH INCLUDES COMPENSATION FOR THE COST OF POSTAGE BY ROYAL MAIL SHOULD THE ITEM GO MISSING - POSTAGE COMPENSATION IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE AIR MAIL SERVICE PRICE QUOTED BELOW - THANK YOU *** **************** WILL SEND VIA AIRMAIL OVERSEAS - EUROPE, �8.65- - - - - - U.S.A. AND THE REST OF THE WORLD, �13.65 PLEASE NOTE THAT FOR OVERSEAS BUYERS, I CAN ONLY ACCEPT PAYPAL PAYMENTS - THANK YOU PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS read more