Idylls of the King

New York: R.H. Russell, 1898. Original cream colored cloth decorated in red, black and gilt on both boards and spine. Some bumping of corners and edgewear at top and bottom of spine. Some soiling of cloth, particularly on the bottom board. TEG. Foredge untrimmed. Endpapers and pastedowns in typical Rhead Brothers victorian fleur de lis pattern blocks as frames for "miniature" portraits of Victoria and Albert. Some faint toning of paper edges. There are sixty original decorations by Louis and George Rhead. The title page and chapter borders are Celtic in nature. Tennyson's portrait is opposite the title page. Unpaginated. A beautiful example of the Brothers Rhead style, scarce in this condition. . First Thus. Pictorial Cloth. Good/No D.j.. Illus. by The Brothers Rhead. 4to. Trade. (Inventory #: WN5625)