Wayside Thoughts buying From Tennyson (c 1900) Miniature Purple Suede Antique Collectable Poetry Book
A beautiful miniature Sesame Booklets edition of Wayside Thoughts From Tennyson Undated edition.
A beautiful miniature buying Sesame Booklets edition of Wayside Thoughts From Tennyson. Undated edition published circa 1910's by G. G. Harrap & Co., Ltd.
Bound in a dark purple coloured suede leather. Soft cover with rounded corners and gilt stamped title to front and spine. Gilt top edges to pages, uncut bottom edges. Lovely green coloured end papers to front and rear, a few small inscriptions present. Full colour frontispiece portrait illustration plate and decorative title page. Text pages are bright and largely clear with a few faint spots of ageing within.
Measuring in at under 10cm, this little antique book is classed as a miniature by experts and collectors!
Some light wear to binding considering the age, with rubbing around corners and edges and some scratching to boards. Wear to internal joints but otherwise binding is sound. Denting to fore edge of pages. Please see pictures for more details or message if you have any questions!
Approx. 9.6cm x 7.8cm, 80 pages