POEMS OF WHITTIER: SELECTED & WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ARTHUR IN GEORGE

Caxton Publishing Company Limited, London. not dated. c, .   Golden Poets Series edited by Oliphant Smeaton, selected by Arthur Christopher Benson, i llustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author and vignette to title page by A S Hartrick, colour illustrations by Charles Pears.       283 page Hard covered b ook in good condition overall. Part leather covered boards with gilt Art Nouveau design & title to spine, ? leather possibly on the front too at one stage. Tissue guard between frontispiece & title page. Gilding to page edges. Some foxing, marks & mild discolouration. This copy was specially prepared for subscription, and was not available through the general booksellers. It was imported to South Africa by D E McConnell & Co, Johannesburg. Some discolouration, marks & foxing. Split on spine inside near the front of book.