The Nobility of Life, Its Graces and Virtues, Portrayed in Prose and Verse by the best writers. Selected and Edited by.. by VALENTINE, L - 1869.

Frederick Warne, 1869. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1869. No Edition Remarks. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Brown decorative cloth. Colour illustrated plates. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have moderate corner bumping and edge-wear with visible tanning and scuffing overall. Prominent splitting to joints. Spine has moderate tanning with noticeable fraying and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Frederick Warne & Co, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. Revised Edition. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative cloth. Contains black and white and colour plates. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Gilt to text block edges. Cracking to hinges, with exposed netting. Foxing to half title page. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Heavy bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends, causing cloth to fray. Book has noticeable forward lean, with tanning overall. Water damage to rear surface.

London: Frederick Warne and Company, 1869. Portrayed in Prose and Verse by the Best Writers. Selected and edited by L. Valentine. 192 [ii pub. ads] pp. Dec. brown buckram binding woth ornate titles and borders. 24 original pictures printed in colour, elaborate borders, headings, and vignettes. Engraved by the Dalziel Bros. Edward and George. Title-page printed in red and black [foxed]. 26cms. All edges gilt. A v.g. copy with a shaken binding. Intact but a trifle loose. Scarce in the first edition. 24 Chromolithic plates by Kronheim & Co and Edmund Evans. 6 vignette headpieces by Houghton.. 1st Edition. hardcover. V.g.. 4to.

London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1875. Revised edition. Printed by the Dalziel Brothers at the Camden Press. with 20 original pictures printed in colours and tipped-in, elaborate borders, headings and vignettes. v, [i], 192 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Full contemporary crimson pebbled morocco, a.e.g. Fine. Revised edition. Printed by the Dalziel Brothers at the Camden Press. with 20 original pictures printed in colours and tipped-in, elaborate borders, headings and vignettes. v, [i], 192 pp. 1 vols. 4to.