The Blessed Damozel

This is a very lovely small book of poetry by Dante Gabriel Rossetti with illustrations by Paul Woodroffe. It was published by David McKay, Philadelphia, and dates to circa 1916. This appears to be a special binding, more luxurious than the softcover binding that McKay published, because this one has covers of thick rose-colored suede leather with the title and… Read more about this item

Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1901. One of Ten Copies Printed on vellum With Ten Fine Initial Letters Printed in Red and Black ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel. RICKETTS, Charles. MOSHER, Thomas B. The Blessed Damozel. [colophon: Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1901]. First Variorum Edition. One of Ten Copies Printed on Vellum (this being No. 2)… Read more about this item

LONDON: JOHN LANE, 1904 LEATHER. Green Limp Leather Boards with gilt titles to spine and front, 145 x 115 mm approx. Top edge gilt, 46pp + 2 pp of publisher's adverts. Frontis + 7 other illustrations by Percy Bullock as called for. Vol IV in the Flowers of Parnassus series by John Lane - high no to list in adverts… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1886. First edition. First edition. Immense Folio Size. The Deluxe Edition, Limited to Only 30 Copies with Proof Impressions on India Paper. Original publisher's full vellum with striking Pre-Raphaelite gilt cover design by Keynyon Cox, decorative spine gilt blocked, silk-backed endpapers. Superb illustrations in proof throughout by Kenyon Cox printed on thick card… Read more about this item

London: T.N. Foulis, 1908. Hardcover. Fine. Woodroffe, Paul. 40, [6] p., color frontispiece, illustrated title page, and 2 leaves of color plates; 18 cm. Blue-and-beige silk cover with embossed title on a gilt background on front cover. All page edges gilt. Grey endpapers. Printed in lavender and black. Lavender ribbon bookmark. Illustrations… Read more about this item

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1937. This rare edition provides a history of the famous Rossetti poem and its various revisions in a 56-page Introduction by Paull Franklin Baum. This is followed by the text of four versions of The Blessed Damozel. The first is the 1847 version from the original manuscript (, then titled The… Read more about this item

Thomas B. Mosher, 1905. Fine in very good publisher's slipcase with two seams starting.. Gray boards.

London and New York: John Lane ca. 1890. Small Square 8voIllustrated. 48 pp. Olive coth binding with gilt lettering to spine and front board. Illustrations throughout by Percy Bulcock. Rubbing to spine and edges and some wrinkling to cloth. Fraying at pages edges, with first free endpaper nearly detached. Endpapers darkened with a bookplate to front paste down. 'Flowers of… Read more about this item

London, G. Harrap & Co. n.d.. 0. Hardcover. 4to. green silk, hardcover. gold lettering on spine, green lettering front cover with decorations, Illustrated with 20 tipped in plates by Kenyon Cox each with tissue guard. Book is printed on only one side of each leaf, pages roughcut. very good condition, foxing to endpapers. minor wear to corners. .… Read more about this item

George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., 1904. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1904. Third Impression. 46 pages. No dust jacket. Fully bound in blue leather. Gilt lettering. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Bookseller sticker stuck to front pastedown. Top textblock edge dyed gilt. Binding… Read more about this item

T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Stated. 61 pages. No dust jacket. Cream cloth with gilt lettering. Miniature book. Colour frontispiece. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine and board edges. Minor scuffing and soiling to boards.

New York : M.F. Mansfield, 1898. Softcover. Good. Original gilt boards, printed in black and green, page decorations by Blanche McManus, 500 copies, 8vo.; Small stain back cover.

London, UK: T C & E C Jack. Soft cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Shaw, Byam. Undated but circa 1910. 16pp, plus colour plate frontispiece and three further colour plate illustrations. Elegant decorations on title page. In light soft suede covers with gilt motif on front and gilt lettering on… Read more about this item

Mount Vernon: The Golden Eagle Press. Very Good. N.D.. Hardcover. Mount Vernon, NY: The Golden Eagle Press, (1940's). 26 highly decorated pages with verses in the middle. Interior is very bright and clean. The boards are covered in tan cloth with a pictorial stamp to the front cover. Overall VG in the original slipcase. .

Dodd, Mead and Company, , 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. this copy has been rebound by the toronto library in 1894...the binding is tight and solid the interior text and artis clean of marks..The Dodd, Mead version of Rossetti's 'Blessed Damozel' exemplifies the eighties concept of the artistic unified book. The imposing size of the page is matched… Read more about this item

Thomas b Mosher, 1901. Hardcover. Good. 32pp. blue paper-covered boards with ivory title labels on front and spine. edition limited to 450 copies on Kelmscott hand-made paper. cover has light wear/soiling. paper is split at hinges and chipped at top/bottom of spine. small patches and light residue stain inside front cover, possibly where a bookplate was removed. binding… Read more about this item

London: T.C & E.C. Jack, 1900. Book. Illus. by Byam Shaw. Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Heavily decorated gilt peacock design on fine cloth, Gilt a little dulled but undamaged. A small book with 14 numberd pages, 3 handsome coloured illustrations plus frontis by Byam Shaw..No date, but probably 1st thus. A little wear… Read more about this item

Portland, Maine:: Thomas B. Mosher,, 1895.. publisher's stiff printed wrapper in publisher's onionskin plain wrapper closed with a small gilt sticker embossed with a fleur-de-lis design, and publisher's slipcase.. Very fine. There is some very slight staining to the unworn slipcase.. Tall 8vo,.

Edition de Luxe, 1926. Special Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. Scarce pamphlet like book.Circa 1885. Maroon soft cloth cover. Privatly published "Edition de Luxe. Also includes Maude Clare by C G Rossetti, (Sister of Rossetti). lovely little book.

London and Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack pp 15 with 4 full page colour plates. Undated - looks to be c1900. Internally very good with a little browning and a narrow stain to the lower part of some of the leaves, binding firm, cover sound - the elaborate gilt decoration to front board reasonably bright