MacDonald,
George, Anthony Trollope, William Gilbert, W.M. Thackeray,
et. al. (contr.), and Norman Macleod
(ed.), GOOD WORDS FOR 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, and 1864 (London:
Alexander Strahan & Co., 1860-1864). Five volumes, first
editions, 24 x 16cm (large 8vos), all uniformly bound (1863 differs
slightly) in 19thC. black half calf w/marbled boards, raised bands,
gilt decorations & titles to spines, pale orange edges & ep.s,
w/numerous wood engravings after W. Holman Hunt, J.A.M. Whistler, E.
Burne-Jones, J.E. Millais, Arthur Hughes, John Tenniel, et. al.
Included are the 1st printings of MacDonald’s "He Heeded Not," "The
Sangreal" & "The Sheep and the Goat" (1863, not in Shaberman), "The
Wow O' Rivven" (Shaberman 16), & "An Invalid’s Winter in Algeria"
(Shaberman 19). Printed by Bradbury & Evans, London.
Bindings Good (extremities rubbed); contents Very Good (moderate foxing
to prelims). (Inv. #531) C$750