Six Years in Italy. by Kate Crichton - 1861

Brown leather spine with gilt decoration, banding and title on the spine. Mottled marble boards.
Volumes 1 and 2. Renewed and First Edition

Mottled calf binding with black title plate, gilt banding, decoration and lettering on the spine. Boards scuffed

Red leather spine with gilt squared banding and gilt title. Red cloth boards.

Brown cloth binding with title on the spine and front board.

Tan leather binding. Red and green title plates. Gilt rugby school emblem on front board and dedication on back board with edge decoration. Gilt lettering and decoration on the spine. Very nicely bound
Life of Doctor Arnold (1844) authored by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley Thomas Arnold (13 June 1795 – 12 June 1842) was an English educator and historian. He was an early supporter of the Broad-Church Anglican movement. As headmaster of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841, he introduced several reforms that were widely copied by other noted public schools. His reforms redefined standards of masculinity and achievement. The Life of Doctor Arnold, published two years after his death by one of Arnold's former pupils, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, is seen as one of the best works of its class in the language and added to his growing reputation. A popular life of Arnold by the novelist Emma Jane Guyton also appeared. In 1896 his bust was unveiled in Westminster Abbey alongside that of his son, Matthew. The Times asserted,… Read More

Full leather binding with red title plate, gilt banding, decoration and title on the spine. Gilt Rugby school emblem on the boards.
Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the celebrated headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator. Matthew Arnold has been characterised as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social issues. He was also an inspector of schools for thirty-five years, and supported the concept of state-regulated secondary education.

Red calf spine with gilt banding and title on the spine. Red marbled boards.

Tan leather binding with gilt decoration, banding and title on the spine.

Brown cloth binding with gilt title and drawings on the spine and front boards. All edges gilt.

Faded green spine, olive marbled boards. Brow title plate with gilt lettering and banding.
First Edition with illustrations by PHIZ