The Oxford Books of Verse and Prose

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924 to 1929. Four volumes, with matching slipcases, each 7.25 x 4.5". Includes The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century Verse, THe Oxford Book of Regency Verse, The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse, and The Oxford Book of English Prose. Chosen and edited by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. This set is specially bound by Douglass Cockerell, using marbled paper by Cockerell and his son as well as vellum corners. A card is laid into "English Prose" advertising the binding. A nice set with a bit of wear to covers and slipcases, fading/toning to spines. Item #12400

Price: $450.00