Beautiful Gems of Thought and Sentiment: A vast treasury of choice productions in Poetry, prose and song from the literature and music of all ages by Henry Davenport Northrop - 1892

Worcester, Massachusetts: Drury, Gilmour Co, 1892. Decorative Cloth. Good. Henry Davenport Northrop was one of the early masters of book packaging in the era before international copyright laws, and often had a single work issued though several printers in various parts of the country to save on shipping costs, He did books on topics of the day (the Gafield Assasination, etc) as well as anthologies like this one. Often the steel plate engravings of period subjects are the best part. Quarto, 10" tall, illustrated title page + 663 pages + 13 steel plate engravingss (three color, most black and white) In good condition only, decoratively embosed cloth cover is soiled and worn through and frayed at all corners and top and bottom of spine. Binding is cracked, hinges are broken interior text is loose from exterior, but internal binding still holding pages intact; paper modeerately yellowed and generally clean.