Charles Knight

Half-Hours with the Best Authors [6-Volume Set]

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1880.

Later Porter & Coates reprint edition; Pagination varies by volume. Uniform half black leather over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, marbled edges, gilt-lettered spines with raised bands and gilt compartments. Moderate rubbing and scuffing to leather, scattered edgewear; interiors clean and bright overall, with tissue-guarded engraved frontispieces.

A complete six-volume set gathering selections from major English-language authors, edited and arranged by Charles Knight for general literary reading. Issued in one of the durable and attractive later 19th-century Porter & Coates American bindings, this set combines decorative shelf appeal with substantial period reading matter and remains desirable for collectors of literary anthologies, Victorian book design, and 19th-century American reprint publishing.

. Very Good. Item #631

Price: $475.00