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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.

1901-1902: No copies reported. 

1903-1905: No copies reported.

1906-1907

Copy shown in scan from photocopy reported by University of British Columbia. Details not available.

1908 

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.

1909: No copies reported.

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.

Copies in padded leather not linked to a PTLA description:

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.
 

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