English Men of Letters: Swift, Fielding, and Sterne (1889) — Fine Binding, Full Leather, Gilt Armorial, Marbled Edges London: Macmillan and Co. | 1889.

A richly bound Victorian volume from the celebrated English Men of Letters series, featuring Leslie Stephen’s Swift, Austin Dobson’s Fielding, and H. D. Traill’s Sterne. This handsome copy is bound in full burgundy leather with a striking gilt armorial dragon crest stamped to the upper board. The spine is elaborately tooled in gilt with decorative floral and star motifs, raised bands, decorative dentelle and gilt titling.

The volume retains its luxury period features, including all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, and gilt dentelle turn-ins. A presentation label from Llandovery College, 1905 is mounted to the front pastedown, providing provenance. 

Binding tight with light rubbing and a few surface marks to boards. Spine gilt bright. Pages clean. 176pp.

Part of the influential Macmillan series edited by John Morley, English Men of Letters offered accessible yet scholarly biographies of Britain’s greatest literary figures. This edition unites three pillars of 18th-century English literature in a single volume, attractively presented for the Victorian library.

Condition: Very Good.

Size: 5” x 7 1/2”

A decorative and collectible example of the English Men of Letters series in an elegant full leather armorial binding, perfect for collectors of Victorian fine bindings, literary biographies, and Macmillan’s English Men of Letters series.