FLOWERS FROM DELL AND BOWER; Poems Illustrated by Susie Barstow Skelding
New York: White, Stokes, & Allen, 1886. Susie Barstow Skelding. First Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Small sqare 4to (9 1/8" x 8 1/8"), original brown gilt-lettered spine and and floral decorative cover, illustrated with full color chromolithographic frontispiece and 11 more full-page chromolithographic floral illustrations, all edges gilded [a.e.g.], floral endpapers, 128 pages. Near Fine / None. Item #1600
A perfectly lovely edition with a dozen bright chromolithographs of flowers with charming poetry accompanyments.
Overall a Superior copy of this Rare illustrated edition. It is a solid copy with unblemished pages that are only a trifle toned with age; the illustrations retain their beauty and are UNFOXED! The floral-and-gold decorated cover retains considerable luster, though there is some rubbing to its extremities.
Price: $145.00