1886 The Choice of Books Frederic Harrison Limited First Edition Hardcover Literary Criticism

DESCRIPTION

The Choice of Books by Frederic Harrison, an 1886 hardcover of Victorian essays on reading, literature and the making of a library. It is bound in dark cloth with gilt spine detail, and the restrained period typography suits a study shelf of nineteenth-century criticism.

WORTH NOTING

• Author: Frederic Harrison
• Year: 1886
• Listed as a limited printing first edition; limitation statement and publisher imprint not recorded
• Dark cloth hardcover with gilt spine decoration
• No dust jacket
• Prior owner's writing on an early blank page
• Not signed by the author

MEASUREMENTS

• Approx. 7.5" H × 5" W

CONDITION

Good pre-owned condition with light signs of age and handling. Please review photographs for details. The cloth boards show rubbing and edge and corner wear, especially along the spine. Interior pages are toned. Prior owner's writing is present on an early page. The book has not been inspected page by page.

STYLE NOTES

Place it among the essayists, within reach of the reading chair.

FROM THE HOUSE

A book on choosing books is a fine thing to have chosen.

A useful thing should still have manners. ~ Maxwell