Featured Author
CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI (1830-1894)
A younger sister of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Christina is considered one of the best of the Victorian poets.
The following is a representative selection of her works.
 Bell,
Mackenzie, CHRISTINA ROSSETTI: A BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL STUDY
(London: Hurst & Blackett Ltd., 1898). First edition, 22.5 x
14.5cm (large 16mo), in publisher's pale brown fine rib-grain cloth
w/gilt title to fr. cover & spine, a.e. untrimmed, slate grey ep.s,
364 (xvi) pp., + tissue-guarded frontis portrait from a drawing by D.G.
Rossetti, 5 additional b&w portraits & 6 facsimiles from
manuscripts, & 4pp. publ. adverts to rear. Printed by
Spottiswoode & Co., London. Binding Very Good (spine
darkened); contents Near-Fine (lt. foxing to 1st & final few
leaves). Academy 22 Jan. 1898 pp.88-89, Ashley IV 108,
Fredeman 44.36. (Inv. #890) C$300 Rossetti,
Christina G[eorgina]., et. al. (contrib.s), & Ellen (Mrs. Henry) Wood (ed.), THE ARGOSY, VOL. XIX
(London: Richard Bentley & Son, January-June 1875). First
edition, 21 x 13cm (8vo), in contemp. ¾ chocolate calf w/marbled
boards, gilt title on red to spine, raised bands, a.e. red, olive drab
ep.s, 476 (iv) pp. + several full-page plates after Arthur
Hopkins. Printed by J. Ogden & Co., London. With the
sig. of J.R. Snowden to 1st blank. Includes Rossetti's "A Bride
Song." Binding Very Good (extremities sl. rubbed, & rear
cover marbling faded); contents Near-Fine (occas. lt. foxing).
Ives C90. (Inv. #879) C$100Rossetti, Christina Georgina (1830-1894, English poet), AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. ALS to Ellinor Davenport Adams (author of several books for the young) from 30 Torrington Square, dated 8 February 1892. Two sides w/blank integral leaf, approx. 85 words, signed "Christina G. Rossetti." Christina refers to a petition to be signed, saying "my own efforts in a corner of the literary field ought to put me in sympathy with those who have cultivated a wider area." The recipient's identity is lightly pencilled in another hand at the letter's head. Near-Fine (the usual folds). (Inv. #1019) C$1,200  Rossetti,
Christina Georgina (1830-1894, English poet), AUTOGRAPH LETTER
SIGNED. ALS to "Dear Sir" written on handmade paper from 30
Torrington Square & dated "25. 1894" (CGR omits the month).
One side w/blank integral leaf, approx. 35 words, signed "Very
sincerely yours, Christina G. Rossetti." The ALS is expertly
tipped into a brilliant copy of her 1893 Goblin Market (London:
Macmillan & Co.), in publisher's green linen w/elaborate gilt title
& design by Laurence Housman to covers & spine, a.e.g., [iv]
[66] pp. w/tissue-guarded titlepage illus. & numerous others by
Housman. Apparently the addressee had sent a gift to Christina,
& she sent this book w/covering letter to him as a token of her
appreciation. ALS Fine; binding Near-Fine (extremities sl.
rubbed); contents Near-Fine (tissue-guard browned). (Inv.
#991) C$1,600
 Rossetti,
Christina G[eorgina]., CALLED TO BE SAINTS: THE MINOR FESTIVALS
DEVOTIONALLY STUDIED (London: SPCK, n.d. [1881]). First
edition, first issue, 17 x 12cm (large 16mo), in publisher's dark green
linen w/gilt & black design (by D.G. Rossetti?) & title to fr.
cover & spine w/design extended to rear cover, a.e. red, dark green
ep.s, 520 [xx] black-ruled pp. +4pp. publ. adverts to rear (dated
1-2-81, indicating the earliest known issue). Printed at the
Clarendon Press, Oxford. Binding Very Good (short closed split to
head of spine, covers sl. rubbed, & fr. hinge cracked w/rear
starting); contents Near-Fine. Ashley IX 103, Ehrsam & Deily
196, Colbeck 19 (a sl. later issue), Ives A14.1a. (Inv.
#952) C$400 Rossetti,
Christina G[eorgina]., CALLED TO BE SAINTS: THE MINOR FESTIVALS
DEVOTIONALLY STUDIED (London: SPCK, 1895). First edition,
later printing, 19 x 13cm (8vo), in publisher's charcoal linen w/gilt
title to fr. cover & spine, t.e.g. (others untrimmed), cream ep.s,
520 [xx] black-ruled pp. +4pp. publ. cat. to rear. Printed on
laid paper watermarked "Abbey Mills, Greenfield" by Horace Hart,
Oxford. From the collection of Miriam Noel (2nd wife of Frank
Lloyd Wright) w/her pencil sig. to recto of fr. ep. Binding Very
Good (spine a bit faded, extremities sl. bumped, & ep.s browned);
contents Near-Fine (deckle edges moderately dusty). Ives
A14.1c. (Inv. #996) C$250 Rossetti,
Christina, Jean Ingelow, Harriet
Beecher Stowe, et. al.
(contrib.s), & Robert H. Baynes
(ed.), ENGLISH LYRICS: A COLLECTION OF ENGLISH POETRY OF THE
PRESENT DAY (London: Houlston & Wright, 1865). First
edition, 18.5 x 12.5cm (8vo), in publisher's green linen w/black ruling
& gilt title-design to covers & spine, bevelled edges, a.e.
red, dark green ep.s w/binder's ticket (Burn; Ball 20A) to rear
pastedown, 224 (xiv) pp. w/tissue-guarded frontis & numerous
wood-engraved decorations, +2pp. publ. adverts to rear. Printed
by J. & W. Ryder, London. Includes Rossetti's "From House to
Home." Binding Good (extremities bumped & worn, & covers
rubbed); contents Near-Fine. Ives B14. (Inv. #876) C$150 Rossetti,
Christina G[eorgina]., THE FACE OF THE DEEP: A DEVOTIONAL
COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE (London: SPCK, 1892). First
edition, 21.5 x 14cm (8vo), in publisher's navy linen w/gilt title
& wavy upper border to fr. cover & spine, blind wavy borders to
rear, bevelled edges, 552 pp. +Errata slip tipped in at p.[7], w/8pp.
publ. cat. to rear. Printed by Richard Clay & Sons Ltd.,
London & Bungay Binding Very Good (recased w/new black ep.s,
extremities sl. bumped, & spine gilt a bit faded); contents
Near-Fine (1st few leaves sl. foxed). Independant 27 Oct.
1892 p.1524, Ashley IV 104, Ehrsam & Deily 196, Ives A23.1a.
(Inv. #980) C$350 Rossetti,
Christina G[eorgina]., GOBLIN MARKET AND OTHER POEMS (London
& Cambridge: Macmillan & Co., 1862). First edition, 17 x
10.5cm (16mo) in publisher's navy vertical rib-grain cloth w/gilt
design by D.G. Rossetti to fr. cover & spine (blind only to rear),
gilt title to spine, terra-cotta ep.s w/binder's ticket (Burn; Ball
20A) to rear pastedown, 192 (viii) pp. w/tissue-guarded frontis by C.J.
Faulkner & prelim titlepage design by W.J. Linton, both after D.G.
Rossetti, +16pp. undated publ. cat. to rear. Printed by Bradbury
& Evans, London. Lightly inscr. to head of fr. ep.: "Marie
Leadbeater with M.F. Bradford's love, April 2nd 1866." Binding
Very Good (extremities sl. bumped, & minor mottling to rear cover);
contents Near-Fine (occas. lt. foxing). Macmillan 95, Rossetti 3
(p.42), Ashley IV 100,, Ehrsam & Deily 196, Fredeman 44.3, Colbeck
4, de Beaumont 342, Goldman 363, Ives A3.1 Binding A (her 2nd printing
state "corrected in the press" w/the early adverts). (Inv.
#1009) C$1,200
 Rossetti,
Christina G[eorgina]., GOBLIN MARKET, THE PRINCE'S PROGRESS, AND
OTHER POEMS (London: Macmillan & Co., 1888). New edition,
17.5 x 12cm (small 8vo), in publisher's pale brown fine rib-grain cloth
w/gilt design by D.G. Rossetti to fr. cover & spine (blind only to
rear), gilt title to spine, a.e. untrimmed, charcoal ep.s, 287 (xii)
pp. +tissue-guarded wood engraved frontis & 3 others by C.J.
Faulkner & W.J. Linton after D.G. Rossetti, & 4pp. publ.
adverts to rear. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh.
Inscribed "Cuthbert Edwardes, May 1st 1896" to fr. ep. & "Maude
Hill" to top of half-title. Binding Good (spine sl. darkened, lt.
spotting to rear cover, & fr. hinge cracked w/rear starting);
contents Near-Fine (page edges a bit dusty). Macmillan 289, Ives
A11.1d. (Inv. #1005) C$150 Rossetti,
Christina G[eorgina]., Elizabeth Barrett Browning,
et. al. (contrib.s), and A.B. Houghton,
G.J. Pinwell, J.W. North, et. al. (illus.), GOLDEN
THOUGHTS FROM GOLDEN FOUNTAINS. SELECTED AND ARRANGED IN FIFTY-TWO
DIVISIONS (London: Frederick Warne & Co., n.d.
[ca.1870]). Unstated second edition, 24 x 17.5cm (4to), in
publisher's royal blue linen w/gilt & black title & design to
fr. cover & spine (blind borders only to rear), bevelled edges,
a.e.g., pale yellow ep.s, 289 [xviii] cardstock pp. w/tissue-guarded
frontis & numerous wood engravings by the Dalziels, +2pp. publ.
adverts to rear. Printed at the Camden Press, London. With
the bookseller's blindstamp of J.S. Doidge, Redruth to recto of fr.
ep. Includes Rossetti's "A Bruised Reed," "Advent," "The Love of
Christ," "A Testimony," & Browning's "He Giveth His Beloved Sleep"
& "My Doves." Binding Good (spine tips worn, fore-edges a bit
faded, & ep.s toned); contents Good (recto of frontis foxed w/only
occas. spotting elsewhere, & mended split at gutter of
titlepage). See White 134-35, & Goldman 56 ("the full-page
illus. are in brown, the remaining being in black to their
advantage"). (Inv. #950) C$200 Rossetti,
Christina G[eorgina]., et. al. (contrib.s), & Frederick George Lee (ed.), LYRICS OF LIGHT AND LIFE
(London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1875). First edition, 17.5 x
11cm (8vo), in publisher's brown pebble-grain cloth w/black design
& borders to covers & spine, gilt title to spine, deckle edges,
144 (xii) ornately-decorated pp. Printed at the Chiswick Press,
London. With the sig. & date (1875) of C.J. Tonge to fr.
ep. Includes Rossetti's "A Rose Plant in Jericho." Binding
Very Good (extremities sl. bumped, & ep.s foxed); contents
Near-Fine. Ives B44. (Inv. #880) C$300 Rossetti,
Christina G[eorgina]., William Allingham,
Thomas Hughes, et. al.
(contrib.s), & David Masson
(ed.), MACMILLAN'S MAGAZINE, VOL. III (Cambridge: Macmillan
& Co., November 1860-April 1861). First edition, 22.5 x 15cm
(large 16mo), in publisher's red morocco-grain cloth w/gilt decorations
& title to spine, embossed decorations to covers & spine, pale
yellow ep.s, 504 [viii] pp. +24pp. publ. cat. to rear. Printed by
R. Clay Son & Taylor, London. Included are Rossetti's "A
Birthday" & "Up-Hill," Allingham's "Morley Park," & chapters
31-43 of Hughes's "Tom Brown at Oxford"; also incl. is Henry Fawcett's
12pp. review-article on Darwin's Origin of Species. With
ownership inscr. of R. Adam Saunders to recto of fr. ep. Binding
Very Good (spine & edges of covers moderately darkened, &
extemities sl. bumped); contents Near-Fine. Ives C20 &
C21. (Inv. #872) C$100 Rossetti,
Christina, MAUDE: A STORY FOR GIRLS (London: James Bowden,
1897). First UK edition, 17.5 x 11cm (small 8vo), in publisher's
dark green linen w/author's gilt signature to fr. cover & gilt
title to spine, a.e. untrimmed, 81 (xi) pp. w/tissue-guarded frontis
portrait by D.G. Rossetti & Prefatory Note by W.M. Rossetti, +1p.
Macmillan advert to rear. Stated Limited Edition of 500
copies printed on handmade paper at the Riverside Press, Edinburgh; as
in Colbeck's copy (see below) the "8" is dropped from p.81.
Inscribed "Macrina Clementino, Hartford Connecticut, April 4 1932" to
fr. ep. Binding Very Good (spine sl. darkened, & ep.s a bit
browned); contents Very Good (margins of most leaves age-toned, &
D5-6 roughly opened resulting in loss to upper fore-edges). Literary
World 24 July 1897 p.244, Ashley IV 106, Osborne 386, Fredeman
44.13, Colbeck 26, Ives A29.1. (Inv. #862) C$200 Rossetti,
Christina (William Michael Rossetti,
ed.), NEW POEMS HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED OR UNCOLLECTED (London:
Macmillan & Co., 1896). First edition, first trade issue,
17.5 x 12cm (8vo), in publisher's navy linen w/gilt design by D.G.
Rossetti to fr. cover & spine (blind to rear), gilt title to spine,
a.e. untrimmed, cream ep.s, 397 (xxiv) pp. +tissue-guarded frontis
portrait, & 2pp. publ. adverts to rear. Printed by R. &
R. Clark Ltd., Edinburgh. Binding Near-Fine (cloth sl. rubbed
& ep.s sl. spotted); contents Near-Fine (occas. lt.
spotting). Bookman Mar. 1896 pp.55-56, Ashley IV 105,
Ehrsam & Deily 196, Fredeman 44.12, Ball 162, Colbeck 24, Ives
A26.1a. (Inv. #593) C$100 Rossetti,
Christina G[eorgina]., A PAGEANT AND OTHER POEMS (London:
Macmillan & Co., 1881). First edition, 17.5 x 12cm (8vo), in
publisher's dark green linen w/gilt design by D.G. Rossetti to fr.
cover & spine (blind to rear), gilt title to spine, a.e.
untrimmed, 198 [x] pp. Printed by R. & R. Clark,
Edinburgh. Binding Near-Fine (lt. stains to covers & ep.s);
contents Near-Fine. Athenæum 10 Sept. 1881
pp.327-28 (by W.T. Watts-Dunton), Macmillan 403, Ashley IV 103, Ehrsam
& Deily 196, Fredeman 44.9, Ball 161, Colbeck 18, Ives A15.1.
(Inv. #832) C$200 |
 Rossetti,
Christina G[eorgina]., POEMS (London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd.,
1901). Eleventh printing, 18 x 12.5cm (8vo), in publisher's navy
fine criss-cross grain cloth w/gilt design by D.G. Rossetti to fr.
cover (blind to rear) & spine, gilt title to spine, a.e. untrimmed,
cream ep.s, 450 (xiv) pp. w/frontis & 3 wood engravings after D.G.
Rossetti, +2pp. publ. adverts to rear. Printed by R. & R.
Clark Ltd., London. Inscribed "'Dot' with much love from Mr.
Dalton ... Aug. 23rd to 31st 1902" to half-title. Binding Very
Good (moderately shaken, extremities sl. bumped, & ep.s a bit
foxed); contents Near-Fine (titlepage sl. foxed). Ball 162, Ives
A22.1k. (Inv. #860) C$50 Rossetti,
Christina & Dante G., William Allingham,
Robert & E.B. Browning, George
MacDonald, et. al.
(contrib.s), & Robert Crompton Jones
(ed.), POEMS OF THE INNER LIFE SELECTED CHIEFLY FROM MODERN AUTHORS
(London: Sampson Low Son & Marston, 1866). First edition,
19.5 x 12.5cm (16mo), in publisher's violet sand-grain cloth w/gilt
borders & title to fr. cover (blind to rear) & spine, bevelled
edges, a.e. untrimmed, chocolate ep.s w/binder's ticket (Burn; Ball
20A) to rear pastedown, 288 (viii) pp. w/numerous wood-engraved floral
head & tail-pieces, +16pp. publ. cat. to rear. Printed in
London at the Victoria Press by Emily Faithfull, Printer In
Ordinary To Her Majesty (this title is previously unrecorded as a
production of the Victoria Press). Inscribed to half-title: "K.
MacKenzie from W.C.I.[?], 6 January 1866"; also from the collection of
Gwin J. Kolb (U. of Chicago) w/his bookplate loosely inserted.
Includes 5 poems by Christina Rossetti ("A Summer Wish," "Symbols,"
"Advent," "Up-Hill," & "Sweet Death") & 1 by D.G. Rossetti
("Lost Days"). Binding Very Good (stain to upper edge of fr.
cover, & extremities sl. bumped & rubbed); contents
Near-Fine. Ives B18. (Inv. #864) C$450 Rossetti,
Christina Georgina (ed. by William Michael Rossetti,
With Memoir and Notes &c.), THE POETICAL WORKS (London:
Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1904). First edition, first issue, 19 x
12.5cm (8vo), in publisher's dark lime green diaper-grain cloth w/gilt
title to spine, a.e. untrimmed, cream ep.s, 507 [lxxiv] pp. +
tissue-guarded frontis portrait. Printed by R. & R. Clark
Ltd., Edinburgh. With the sig. of May W. Lagar to recto of fr.
ep. Binding Very Good (extremities sl. marked & bumped, spine
sl. darkened, & ep.s foxed); contents Near-Fine (fore-edges &
ep.s sl. foxed). Athenæum 2 Apr. 1904 pp.423-24,
Ashley IV 106, Ehrsam & Deily 196, Colbeck 29 ("a book of
considerable importance"), Ives A34.1a. (Inv. #555) C$200 Rossetti,
Christina, THE PRINCE'S PROGRESS AND OTHER POEMS (London:
Macmillan & Co., 1866). First edition, 17.5 x 10.5cm (16mo),
in publisher's dark green linen w/gilt title & design by D.G.
Rossetti to covers & spine, pale yellow ep.s w/binder's ticket
(Burn, Ball 20A) to rear pastedown, 216 (viii) pp. +2 tissue-guarded
prelim wood engravings by W.J. Linton after D.G. Rossetti.
Printed by R. Clay Son & Taylor, London. Inscribed "E.J.
Stone, Eton College" to top of 2nd engraving. Binding Very Good
(spine a bit darkened, & minor marks to cloth); contents Very Good
(occas. lt. stains). Athenæum 23 June 1866
pp.824-25 (by J.W. Marston), Macmillan 150, White 125, Rossetti 4
(p.42), Ashley IV 100, Reid 46, Ehrsam & Deily 196, Fredeman 44.4
& 96.3, Ray 166, Ball 160, Colbeck 6-10, de Beaumont 344, Goldman
364, Ives A5. (Inv. #997) C$600
 Rossetti,
Christina G[eorgina]., REDEEMING THE TIME: DAILY MUSINGS FOR LENT
(London: SPCK, 1903). First edition, 19.5 x 13cm (8vo), in
publisher's charcoal grey buckram w/gilt title & embossed SPCK
device to fr. cover, gilt title to spine, bevelled edges, dark brown
ep.s, deckle edges, 95 black-ruled pp. w/6 b&w illus. by Walter S.
Stacey, +1p. publ. advert to rear. Printed on handmade
paper. Binding Good (some rubbing to cloth w/fr. edge of spine
split, moderate bubbling to pastedowns, & prev. owner's sig. &
blindstamp to fr. ep.); contents Near-Fine. (Inv. #837) C$200 Rossetti,
Christina G[eorgina]., Robert Browning,
George MacDonald, Alfred Tennyson, Walt Whitman,
et. al. (contrib.s), REPRESENTATIVE POEMS OF LIVING POETS AMERICAN
AND ENGLISH, SELECTED BY THE POETS THEMSELVES (London: Cassell
& Co. Ltd., 1886). First edition, 23 x 15.5cm [4to], in
publisher's navy linen w/gilt title to fr. cover & spine, t.e.g.,
chocolate ep.s, 684 (lii) pp. w/facsimile signature of each poet
heading their works, +14pp. publ. cat. to rear. Inscribed to
recto of 1st blank: "Florence S. Thompson from her Sisters, 3rd August
1887." Includes 4 poems by Rossetti ("A Christmas Carol," "An
Apple Gathering," "No Thank You John," & "Jessie Cameron").
Binding Good (spine marked w/gilt thereon faded, corner-tips moderately
bumped & wor, & hinges sl. cracked); contents Near-Fine.
Ives B80. (Inv. #881) C$100 Rossetti,
Christina G., George MacDonald,
William Allingham, et. al.
(contrib.s), A ROUND OF DAYS DESCRIBED IN ORIGINAL POEMS BY SOME OF
OUR MOST CELEBRATED POETS, AND IN PICTURES BY EMINENT ARTISTS
(London: George Routledge & Sons, 1866). First edition, 25.5
x 20cm [4to], in publisher’s green sand-grain cloth w/gilt red &
blue decorations & title to covers, gilt decorations & title to
spine (all designed by John Leighton, w/his gilt initials to covers),
bevelled edges, a.e.g., pale yellow ep.s, 93 +93 blank versos [xii]
cardstock pp. w/numerous full-page & in-text wood engravings by the
Dalziels after A.B. Houghton, Thomas Morten, J.W. North, G.J. Pinwell,
Fred Walker, etc., +2pp. publ. adverts to rear. Includes
Rossetti's "An English Drawing-Room (1865)" & "By the Sea."
Printed at the Camden Press, London. Binding Good (top half of
fr. cover stained [rear cover is pristine], & fr. ep. lacking);
contents Very Good (biopredation to edges of a few leaves, & occas.
foxing). Fun 11 Nov. 1865 p.81, White 4 & 125 ("one
of the finest of the illustrated gift-books"), Reid passim, Ray 153
& passim, de Beaumont 346, Goldman 82 & passim, Ives B19.
(Inv. #921) C$300 Rossetti,
Christina G[eorgina]., SEEK AND FIND: A DOUBLE SERIES OF SHORT
STUDIES OF THE BENEDICITE (London: SPCK, n.d. [1879]). First
edition, first issue, 17 x 11.5cm (16mo), in publisher’s dark green
linen w/gilt & black decorations & title to fr. cover &
spine (upper black line continues across rear cover), dark brown ep.s,
328pp. +4pp. publ. cat. (dated 22-9-79 as in Colbeck's copy) to
rear. Printed at the Clarendon Press, Oxford. Binding Very
Good (minor stains to covers); contents Near-Fine. Saturday
Review 6 Dec. 1879 p.704, Ashley IV 102, Colbeck 17, Ives
A13.1a. (Inv. #954) C$500 Rossetti,
Christina G[eorgina]., and Arthur Hughes
(illus.), SING-SONG. A NURSERY RHYME BOOK (London: George
Routledge & Sons, 1872). First edition, first issue
binding, 18 x 13.5cm (large 16mo), in publisher's green linen
w/gilt decorations & title to fr. cover & spine (blind ruling
only to rear), a.e.g., chocolate ep.s, 130 (x) pp. w/tissue-guarded
frontis & 121 wood engravings by the Dalziels after Hughes, +2pp.
publ. adverts to rear. Printed at the Camden Press, London.
Binding Good (extremities moderately bumped & rubbed, cloth
unevenly discoloured, & hinges cracked); contents Good (lt.
tidemarks to a few leaves, & occas. thumbing & foxing). Athenæum
6 Jan. 1872 p.11, Dalziels 354, Ashley IV 101, Ehrsam & Deily 196,
Osborne 77, Fredeman 44.6 & 93.35, Ray 179, Ball 87, Colbeck 14, de
Beaumont 345, Goldman 365, Ives A8.1a.i Binding A. (Inv.
#822) C$300 Rossetti,
Christina G[eorgina]., and Arthur Hughes
(illus.), SING-SONG: A NURSERY RHYME BOOK (London: Macmillan
& Co., 1893). New and Enlarged Edition w/new lines added to
some of the poems, 18.5 x 13.5cm (8vo), in publisher's light green
moire-patterned cloth w/gilt title to spine, a.e.g., cream ep.s, 135
(xiv) pp. w/tissue-guarded frontis & 121 wood engravings by the
Dalziels after Hughes. Printed by R. & R. Clark,
Edinburgh. Binding Good (spine & edges of covers darkened,
extremities bumped & rubbed, & ep.s sl. browned); contents
Near-Fine (occas. lt. spots). (Inv. #1012) C$150 Rossetti,
Christina, SPEAKING LIKENESSES WITH PICTURES THEREOF BY ARTHUR
HUGHES (London: Macmillan & Co., 1874). First edition, first
issue binding, 18.5 x 12.5cm (large 16mo), in publisher's royal
blue linen w/gilt ruling, decoration & title (designed by Hughes)
to fr. cover (blind ruling only to rear), gilt title to spine, a.e.g.,
chocolate ep.s w/binder's ticket (Burn & Co.; Ball 20E2) to rear
pastedown, [i-vii] viii, [1] 2-96 pp. w/tissue-guarded frontis,
titlepage vignette, 6 full-page & 6 in-text wood engravings by the
Dalziels after Hughes. Printed by R. Clay Sons & Taylor,
London. Binding Very Good (spine darkened, extremities sl.
bumped, & ep.s foxed); contents Near-Fine (1st & final leaf
foxed). Academy 5 Dec. 1874 p.606, Macmillan 273, White
171, Ashley IV 102, Reid 92, Ehrsam & Deily 196, Osborne 386 ("both
the plot and the illustrations ... bear a strong resemblance to Alice
in Wonderland"), Fredeman 44.7 & 93.40, Ray 181, Ball 87,
Colbeck 15, Goldman 366, Ives A10.1a Binding A. (Inv. #933)
C$400 Rossetti,
Christina, SPEAKING LIKENESSES WITH PICTURES THEREOF BY ARTHUR
HUGHES (London: Macmillan & Co., 1874). First edition,
second issue binding, 18.5 x 12cm (large 16mo), in publisher's blue
linen w/blind borders to covers & gilt title to spine, cream ep.s,
[i-vii] viii, [1] 2-96 pp. w/tissue-guarded frontis, titlepage
vignette, 6 full-page & 6 in-text engravings, all engraved on wood
by the Dalziels. Printed by R. Clay Sons & Taylor,
London. Binding Very Good (spine darkened, & ep.s moderatley
browned); contents Near-Fine. Academy 5 Dec. 1874 p.606,
Macmillan 273, White 171, Ashley IV 102, Reid 92, Ehrsam & Deily
196, Osborne 386 ("both the plot and the illustrations ... bear a
strong resemblance to Alice in Wonderland"), Fredeman 44.7
& 93.40, Ray 181, Ball 87, Colbeck 15, Goldman 366, Ives A10.1a
Binding B. (Inv. #951) C$250 Rossetti,
Christina G[eorgina]., TIME FLIES: A READING DIARY (London:
SPCK, 1885). First edition, 16.5 x 12cm (16mo), in publisher's
dark brown linen w/gilt title & winged-hourglass & butterfly
device to fr. cover, gilt title & SPCK device to spine, charcoal
ep.s, 280 [iv] pp. +4pp. publ. adverts to rear. Printed by Horace
Hart at the University Press, Oxford. Inscribed to verso of fr.
ep.: "Eva Layton, March 28 1886, from A.G." Binding Very Good
(gilt sl. dulled, & minor marks to cloth); contents
Near-Fine. Academy 27 June 1885 p.454, Ashley IV 104,
Ehrsam & Deily 196, Colbeck 20, Ives A20.1a. (Inv.
#998) C$250 (a copy in publisher's dark green cloth is also available) Rossetti,
Christina G[eorgina]., George MacDonald,
Jean Ingelow, et. al. (contrib.s),
TOUCHES OF NATURE BY EMINENT ARTISTS AND AUTHORS (London:
Strahan & Co., 1871). Volume I only of two, unstated second
edition, 31 x 24.5cm [folio], in publisher's royal blue sand-grain
cloth w/gilt & black embossed decorations & title to fr. cover
(blind decorations only to rear) & spine, bevelled edges, a.e.g.,
terracotta ep.s w/binder's ticket (Burn) to rear pastedown, 47 + 47
(plates) [+94 blanks] cardstock pp. paginated to rectos only, w/47
full-page wood engravings after J.W. North, J.E. Millais, Frederick
Sandys, W. Holman Hunt, Fred Walker, G.J. Pinwell, John Tenniel, A.B.
Houghton, F.J. Shields, etc. For this 2nd edition the 1868 1st
edition was split into 2 vol.s, but Vol. II is rarely seen--ours is the
less scarce Vol. I. Binding Very Good (extremities sl. bumped
& rubbed, & outer edges of cover cloth touched up); contents
Very Good (lt. tidemarks to fore-edges of titlepage & 2 other
leaves, & occas. lt. spotting). See Goldman 88. (Inv.
#971) C$250 Rossetti,
Christina G[eorgina]., VERSES (London: SPCK, 1893). First
edition, 18 x 12.5cm (8vo), in publisher's black buckram w/gilt title
to fr. cover & spine, bevelled edges, t.e.g. (others untrimmed),
236 red-ruled pp. +2pp. publ. adverts to rear. Printed on
handmade paper by Horace Hart, Oxford. From the collection of the
poet Lionel Johnson w/his signature & date ("London
1893") & 2-line Latin phrase in his hand, both to fr. ep.; also
w/24-line MS. poem in his hand signed "L.J., Christmas 1895" to rear
ep. The poem inscr. here appears as Carol II in Meynell's The
Religious Poems of Lionel Johnson (London: Elkin Mathews,
1916). Also w/the decorative bookplate of Charles Graham Murray
to fr. pastedown. Binding Near-Fine (lt. rubbing to cloth);
contents Near-Fine (deckle edges dusty). Speaker 25 Nov.
1893 p.588, Ashley IV 105, Ehrsam & Deily 196, Colbeck 22, Ives
A24.1a. (Inv. #1006) C$1,200
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