POEMS. (Front board title: "Poems by W.E.H. Lecky.")

Lecky, William Edward Hartpole, 1838-1903. Samuel Bancroft Jr., 1840-1915 (bookplate; original owner). Alfred Darbyshire, 1839-1908 (bookplate designer).

Verlag: New York: D. Appleton and Company,, 1891

Beschreibung

i-viii, 9-128 pages. Hardcover: H 17.1cm x L 11.3cm. White boards soiled and rubbed; gilt stamping to spine and front board. Gilt top edge. Once sewn-in but now detached and laid-in orange ribbon page marker. Armorial/heraldic bookplate on front pastedown for industrialist and art collector "Saml. Bancroft Junr." [Samuel Bancroft, Jr.] Rockford near Wilmington, Delaware" dated 1886 (per individual numbers presented at each corner); although without an artist signature or monogram the University of Delaware indicates that the bookplate was designed by British architect Alfred Darbyshire (1839-1908) who was Bancroft's cousin with their correspondence being held by Delaware Art Museum archives. Ink signature of most recent owner "Barbara Bankhead" at top of front free endpaper (book was acquired from the Jasper, Alabama estate of Barbara Bankhead Oliver, 1927-2018, who was a cousin of actress Tallulah Bankhead). Some pencil underlining and margin marks amongst text. Binding is firm.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers CMS-00826

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: POEMS. (Front board title: "Poems by W.E.H. Lecky.")
• Verlag: New York: D. Appleton and Company,
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1891
• Sprache: Englisch
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Poetry