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Hurst & Company Editions of Lucile
The Red Line Edition of the Poets, 1881-1899
Only one issue is illustrated in PTLA -- that of 1896. Earlier red line editions are presented here in the order, on stylistic grounds, that they may have been issued.
Nd.
126x190mm, 334p. Frontispiece, illustrations. Red lines. Dark blue
cloth stamped black and gold. Aeg. Buffalo & Erie County Public
Library.
Scan taken from photocopy.
Nd.
190mm, 334p. A similar copy is reported by the University of
Rochester. Note that lines have replaced floral motif in the center
of the spine; cherub differs; and the upper panel on the top board
differes in several respects.
Scans taken from photocopies.
Nd.
122 Nassau Street. 123x190mm, 334p. Frontispiece. DuMaurier
illustrations. With Meredith's later apologetic preface. Red line
pages. Red cloth stamped blind and gold; aeg. Glazed brown endsheets.
S&EH
----. Dark blue-green cloth. Printed floral endsheets. BAP: erased
inscription and/or verse on flyleaf.
Nd.
134-136 Grand Street. 123x190mm, 334p. Terra cotta cloth. Glazed
terra cotta endsheets. BAP Hu4.5: signature and date 1894 on flyleaf.
----. Blue-green cloth. BAP Hu4.
Nd.
120x190mm, 334p. Frontispiece, no other illustrations. Pages are not
red line-bordered. Green cloth stamped red, pink and gold. Aeg. Plain
endsheets. S&EH.
----. With red line borders: University of California at Santa Barbara.
----. Red line borders and blue cloth stamped red, pink and gold. BAP; S&EH
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