LALLA ROOKH, An Oriental Romance. Illustrated with Engravings from Drawings by Eminent Artists. by MOORE. Thomas - 1858

J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia (1881), 1881. Hardcover. Collectible, Near Fine/No Dj. 12 mo., hardcover, near fine in green boards with bright gilt lettering and design. All pages edged in gilt. Very well preserved from the late 1800's. Clean and unmarked. four Oriental tales in verse, connected by a prose story, was first published in 1817. 846 pp. preface and: the veiled prophet of Khorassan, Paradise and the Perl, the fire-worshippers, the light of the Haram.

London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1853. Full-Leather. Near Very Good. Corbould, Edward, Meadows, K & Stephanoff, T. P. Illustrated with 13 Engraved Plates (Including Title Page). Handsome contemporary Green Full Leather Binding, with 5 Raised Bands ti spine. Gilt Title in 2nd compartment and Gilt Decoration in others. Gilt Tooled Floral Border, Double Linear Border and Blind Tooled Foliate Border to front & Rear. Gilt Decoration to edges and inner folds of leather. Brown endpapers. All page edges Gilt. Sewn in Red silk Bookmark. Nice old Gift inscription on ffep, dated 1856. Frontispiece Illustrated with a lovely portrait of Lalla Rooks, Protected by Tissue Guard. Illustrated Title Page shows a Lady jumping from a boat into the sea. Printed Title Page dated 1853. 392 Pages, 1 Kilo, 8 1/4" Tall. Weighs over 1 Kilo packed so Shipping outside UK will be a little extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842. Pages clean and bright with occasional light foxing, inscription on front endpaper, partially cracked gutter at front endpaper (4cm), tape repair to cracked gutter at rear endpaper, binding firm, light shelf wear to boards.. Twentieth Edition. Hard. Very Good. 8vo.

London, Longman, Green, and Co, 1880. 8vo. xxiv,+ 336 pp.+ colour lith. plate. Foxing. Somewhat worn full calf, gilt spine with dark green labels, boards with gilt fleurons, all edges gilt (Riviere). Later edition of Moore’s very popular oriental poem, with fine illustrations by John Tenniel. It was first published in 1817.