[Fine Binding | Bumpus] Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold E-List 23 Some light edgewear and fading

Some light edgewear and fading to covers

captioned tissue-guard to each

Bound in full tan morocco by Alfred de Sauty with a hand-tooled design to the front cover of eighteen tulips with inlaid black blooms and gilt stems and leaves

Printed in Caslon type

[Fine Binding | Bumpus] Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold E-List 23 Some light edgewear and fadingArnold, Matthew. Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold. London: Macmillan and Co., 1901. A presentation card from Rev. R. Percy Thompson loosely inserted. Silk page marker. Bound in olive green morocco for Bumpus (almost certainly by Riviere & Son) with a beautifully designed front cover featuring gouged vines converging at the top and bottom of the cover, with the title in the middle, terminating in an array of leaves and art nouveau gilt stamped flowers.