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Hurst & Company Editions of Lucile

The Burnt Leather Edition of the Poets, 1904-1913

(See also Hand Painted Edition of the Poets, 1908-1909)

No recorded copies match the bindings illustrated in PTLA. The following copies match, however, the general description for this series.

Nd. Block 120x180mm, binding 138x201mm, 334p. Frontispiece portrait printed purple, half title printed green and purple followed by titlepage. Dedication and apologetic preface. Semi-limp ooze calf burned and handpainted (shown left). Teg. Floral endsheets printed brown and over-printed silver. S&EH

----. As above except frontispiece and title as below. Endsheets are same floral design with silver overprinting but base color is green rather than brown. Cover decoration (shown right) varies: note, e.g., differences in lettering, handling of stamens. S&EH: with original green paper-covered box.

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