The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; The Christmas Book of Carols and Songs; Rural England; Faust; The Story of Patient Griselda; Rosalynde

London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1904-1907. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 6". Gilbert James; Alan Wright; Vernon Stokes; Thomas Maybank. Six beautifully illustrated literary works from Routledge's Photogravure Series. Six works in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front boards.Ink inscription to the front free end paper of 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam', 'The Christmas Book of Carols and Songs' and 'Rosalynde'.A lovely collection of illustrated literary works from the Photogravure Series of George Routledge & Sons Ltd. Including favourites such as Edward Fitzgerald's translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and Washington Irving's Rural England, this selection offers a delightful mixture of poetry and prose. This collection comprises: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam translated by Edward Fitzgerald, with twelve photogravures by Gilbert James (1904, first edition)The Christmas Book of Carols and Songs edited by W. S. W. Anson, with twelve colour plates by Alan Wright and Vernon Stokes (1905; undated, dated from copies held at the British Library)Rural England by Washington Irving, with five colour plates by Alan Wright and Vernon Stokes (1906; undated, dated from copies held at the British Library)Faust: a Drama by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; translated by Anna Swanwick; with eight photogravures by Gilbert James (1906; undated, dated from copies held at the University of Cambridge Libraries)The Story of Patient Griselda: from the Clerk's tale of Geoffrey Chaucer, done into modern English with a few notes by Walter William Skeat; with eight photogravures by Gilbert James (1906; undated, dated from copies held at the University of Manchester Libraries)Rosalynde: A Novel by Thomas Lodge, with eight photogravures by Thomas Maybank (1907; undated, dated from copies held at the British Library) Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with light shelf wear, more so to 'Patient Griselda' and the 'Christmas Book'. Gilt remains bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the odd spot to the first and last couple of pages, and offsetting to the end papers. Four of the plates to the 'Christmas Book' are coming loose but remain intact. Very Good