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Quiller-Couch, Arthur (Editor) The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250- 1900

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Clarendon Press, 1930.  India Paper Edition, small 8vo (4.5" X 6.5").  Later impression, first published in 1900.

Beautifully bound by Bayntun-Rivière of Bath in full blue morocco, front cover tooled in gilt with an ogival lattice of curved fillets, gilt dots at the intersections, each compartment centered with a Tudor rose tool, within a border of gilt arcs; rear cover plain. Spine in six compartments between five raised bands, lettered in gilt direct in the second, the others centered with a Tudor rose tool. Wide turn-ins ruled in gilt with rose tools at the outer corners, combed marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Signed by the binders in gilt on the front turn-in.

Gilt on side of text block slightly scratched, else a fine copy indeed.