Good Words for 1866; Edited by Norman MacLeod and illustrated by J. Wolf, R. P. Leitch, W. Small, G. J. Pinwell, A. B. Houghton, J. W. North, M. E. Edwards, and Others by Oliphant, Margaret; Verney, Edmund Hope; Gilbert, William - 1866

London / New York: Strahan & Co, 1866. Hardcover. Very Good -. vi, 862 p., frontispiece and 30 leaves of plates: in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Contemporary half calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt- and blind-rolled decoration on spine. Marbled paper over boards. Former owner's name on front free endpaper: Eliza A. Brown. Contents include poetry, travel, history, and religion, as well as Madonna Mary by Mrs. Oliphant, The Sun's Atmosphere by the Rev. Challis, An Overland Journey from San Francisco to New York by Sir Edmund Hope Verney, and Ruth Thornbury by William Gilbert. In Very Good- Condition: lacking most of gilt-tooled leather spine label; front joint weak; a few pages soiled; otherwise, clean and solid.