Spenser's Faerie Queene (Book II. Cantos IX.-XII.)
London, Eng. George Allen, 1895. Crane, Walter. Paperback. Edited by Thomas J. Wise; Part VI with eight full-page and other illustrations by Walter Crane. Printed by Charles Whittingham at the Chiswick Press on handmade "Unbleached Arnold" paper. [4], 421-527, [5], vii-viii p.: added engraved title page, 7 additional leaves of plates, and many in-text illustrations; 28 cm. Original reddish brown illustrated wrappers with overlapping edges. Final 3 leaves contain half title page, added engraved title page, and table of contents for Book II, all presumably meant to be bound in front of Book II when the parts were taken to a binder. Pages are unopened. In Very Good Condition: wrapper edges are chipped with slight loss of paper at ends of spine and along lower edges and fore-edges; front section of wrapper is detached and back section is largely detached; wrapper is foxed; first and last two leaves foxed; very occasional foxed elsewhere; pages and plates are otherwise clean and bright. Very scarce in the original wrappers. Very Good. Item #000879
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