The Pageant of English Literature by Edward Parrott - 1914

Thomas Nelson And Sons, 1914. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1914. No Edition Stated. 480 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt titles to spine and front. Includes illustrated plates by vaious artists. Upper text block edge gilt. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Both hinges cracked, rear hinge severely so with lots of netting exposed and very loose overall. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper and pastedown. Boards have some edge wear, with pronounced bumping and fraying to corners, while spine ends are crushed and frayed. Rather scratched, rubbed and marked overall. Slight water staining to rear. Book has a slight forward lean.

NY: Sully & Kleinteich, 1914. 1sy American edition; no date given (circa 1914?); dark green c w/gilt titles illustrated end papers; top edge gilt; 480 clean, unmarked pages plus plates by J. W. Waterhouse, J.M.W. Turner, John Millais, Alma-Tadema, Ford Maddox Brown, Whistler, Burne Jones & many more. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by 31 Plates in Colour and 32 Black & White. 4 vo.

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1914. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Wonderful combination of fine Prose with fine Paintings. Frontispiece illustrated with a Colour Plate of "The Lady of Shalott" by J. W. Waterhouse. Other Artists includeJ.M.W. Turner, John Millais, Alma-Tadema, Ford Maddox Brown, Whistler, Burne Jones & many more. 31 Plates in Colour and 32 Black & White. Red cloth cover with indented Bright Gilt Lettering, Linear Border and small Circular Decorative Motif to front. Slightly worn Gilt Lettering and Linear border to spine. Endpapers illustrated with Literary Figures.Top Page edges Gilt. 480 Pages, 9 1/2" Tall. Spine colour a bit faded. Previous owner's inscription lightly penciled on back of frontis. HInges sound & Binding firm. Pages & Plates in nice, condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall

London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1914. ivviii, 480pp; coloured frontispiece; illustrated with plates, some coloured some sepia; blue boards with gilt title and decoration to front board, light edgewear; school presentation label inside with date 1914-15.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.