1890-1905 GEORGE MACDONALD. An Unparalleled Group of 19 Works in Fine, Custom Arts & Crafts Bindings. CongregationalA truly unparalleled custom bound gathering of 19 volumes by George MacDonald. The group would have been assembled by a late 19th, early 20th century devotee of MacDonald's writings. Once gathered, the 19 early American imprints would have been delivered to Washington D. C.'s premier binder, Henry Blackwell. Each volume was then skillfully bound in matching half morocco bindings with delicate Arts & Crafts tooling evocative of the school of binding
Collected from the Scriptures
renders it a fascinating piece of history today
A superb archive of 44 original pencil and ink preparatory drawings by Charles Bennett (1828-1867) for his landmark edition of Pilgrim's Progress issued by Longman of London in 1860
Edward Irving's Preliminary Discourse to the Works of Ben Ezra
" in series
It was part of a broader movement to reform the American - English language
in Five Volumes
It will be necessary to insert it
let us raise up our spirits to an higher strain than ever
he was accused of abducting the young woman from a local home and raping here in a nearby wooded area
previously unpublished and untraced material
" and the subversion of religious liberties