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Hurst & Company Editions of Lucile
The Padded Edition of the Poets, 1895-1913
1895: Same as 1896?
1896-1898
Nd.
125x188mm, 334p. Titlepage reads "Illustrated" but none present. Red
line pages. With Meredith's later apologetic preface. Brown padded
leather, blind stamped with two floral forms rising from lower edge
(design carries across spine to rear board); spine and front titles
gold. Aeg. Floral endsheets. BAP Hu6: dropspine box; S&EH:
dropspine box.
1899-1900
Nd.
125x188mm, 334p. Titlepage reads "Illustrated" but none present. With
Meredith's later apologetic preface. Brown padded leather, blind
lattice work across lower half top board, title gold. Aeg. Floral
endsheets. BAP Hu5: dropspine box.
Scan taken from photocopy.
1903-1905: No copies reported.
1906-1907
Copy
shown in scan from photocopy reported by University of British
Columbia. Details not available.
Copy
shown in scan taken from photocopy reported by Kansas State
University. Frontispiece portrait. Although not clear visible here,
title stamps are same as 1906 above. Other details not available.
1910: No copies reported.
1911-1913
Nd.
125x185mm, 334p. Padded deeply embossed leather tinted green in
valleys. Title goldstamped on top board and spine. Aeg over red.
Endsheets printed brown and gold. S&EH.
Nd.
Scan made from photocopy reported by University of Illinois. The
leather is stamped with a blind geometric pattern in a band near the
center. Note that title stamp is same as pre-1903 copies.
Frontispiece as shown above.
Nd.
122 Nassau Street. Scan made from photocopy of copy held by BAP. Note
that title stamp is same as pre-1903 copies (and copy above).
Frontispiece as shown above.