Matthew Arnold's Notebooks

First edition. Small octavo. Preface by Eleanor Wodehouse. Frontispiece portrait photo by Sarony, New York (with facsimile signature); 1 folding facsimile page; 2 pages of advertisements at end. Original gilt and black stamped white cloth; black endpapers (spine browned). Very good. No signatures or bookplates.

New York: Macmillan Co, 1902. With a preface by the hon. Mrs. Wodehouse. [ix] 137p., one folded facs., b/w front., original burgundy cloth.

New York: MacMillan. Fair. 1902. Hardcover. Title page is mostly split along the spine edge and is currently barely attached. The same is true for leaf 135/136. Rear inner hinge is partially split. Front free endpaper missing? Spine is somewhat faded and has light wear to the ends. Covers have slight wear to the outer corners. ;… Read more about this item

London: Smith, Elder & Company. Very Good-. 1902. Hardcover. Spine is browned. Covers have very slight smudging. Page edges are browned. .

Smith, Elder & Co, 1902-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Shelf wear. Gift inscription on FEP. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily.

The Macmillan Company, 1902. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1902. No Edition Remarks. 137 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Rough-cut pages. Minor water staining, foxing and tanning to pages; text unaffected. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers, with slight colour bleeding also visible. Moderate cracking to gutters, exposing netting and causing some looseness… Read more about this item

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1902. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. VERY GOOD+. LIGHTLY DARKENED SPINE, SLIGHT AGE TONING TO PAPER, OTHERWISE A FINE COPY, CLEAN, TIGHT, BRIGHT, HINGES STRONG. NO WRITING OR MARKS. Preface by the Hon. Mrs. Wodehouse, and a portrait.

Good for age but with some spotting in lightly bumped and marked boards. No dustjacket. Preface by The Hon. Mrs. Wodehouse. Gift inscription on front free endpaper.

New.