first edition
1863 · London
by Wordsworth, William
London: Alexander Strahan, 1863. First edition thus. First edition thus. Publisher’s green textured cloth with ornate gilt-stamped design on cover and spine, rear cover blind-stamped. Wood-engraving by J.E. Millais on title-page, 50 wood-engraved illustrations by John MacWhirter and John Pettie. Binding design by John Leighton. With very curious contemporary presentation inscription dated three years prior to publication, possibly an unintentional misprint by the owner, “To my dear Gertrude, from Mother, 1869.” Very good.
(Inventory #: 913)