Poems of Wordsworth (Golden Treasury Series, 1902) – Fine Full Calf Binding | Macmillan & Co.

Edited By Matthew Arnold

Published 1902
Macmillan and Co., Publisher/ London & New York

Exquisite full calf fine binding with delicate hand-tooled floral design on the spine. Gilt title and decorative compartments, raised bands, red and brown spine labels, and double gilt ruling. Inner dentelles and marbled endpapers. Binding tight and square. Minor surface marks to the leather boards. A beautifully executed example of early 20th-century craftsmanship.

This 1902 edition of Poems of Wordsworth, chosen and edited by the poet and critic Matthew Arnold, offers a curated journey through the lyrical, narrative, and philosophical works of one of England’s greatest Romantic poets. With a frontispiece portrait of Wordsworth and a thoughtfully organized contents section, the volume includes many of his most enduring poems:
    •    I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
    •    Tintern Abbey
    •    Ode: Intimations of Immortality
    •    The Solitary Reaper
    •    To a Sky-Lark
    •    The Affliction of Margaret
    •    The Child is Father of the Man
    •    Ode to Duty
    •    And many more

Provenance:
Gift inscription dated October 16th, 1905, from G. McN to M. B. McN on the front flyleaf.

Condition:
Very Good+

Size: 4” x 6”

An elegant and gift-worthy collector’s copy.