Description
Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold. London: Macmillan & Co., Limited, 1913. A handsome Appleby School (Oakville, Ontario) prize binding in half polished calf over blue cloth, five raised bands with gilt-tooled compartments and a red morocco title label, marbled edges and endpapers, and the gilt Appleby crest to the front board. Portrait frontispiece present. Appleby printed prize bookplate completed in ink: “Prize for Languages, K. B. Alexander, Form IVA, June 1930.”
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Provenance: Appleby School prize bookplate (Languages) awarded to K. B. Alexander, June 1930
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Binding: Half calf over blue cloth; raised bands, gilt compartments, red morocco label; gilt Appleby crest on the board
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Edges & endsheets: All edges marbled; marbled endpapers
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Edition details: Macmillan one-volume Poetical Works; title-page dated 1913; portrait frontispiece present
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Condition: Very good. Tight, square text block; clean leaves with typical early toning to prelims; light rubbing/spotting to calf at joints and corners; cloth boards bright; hinges sound. No owner writing beyond the prize entry
A well-preserved Edwardian Macmillan printing in an attractive prize binding with documented 1930 provenance-scarcer than standard cloth copies and highly collectible for Arnold readers, prize-binding collectors, and Appleby College alumni. Please view all the photos for binding, edges, bookplate, and interior.
