The English Poets, selections with critical introductions by various writers and a general introduction by Thomas Arnold.

London: Macmillan, 1880.

Four volumes, complete. Volume 1 Chaucer to Donne; Vol 2, The 17th Century Ben Jonson to Dryden; vol 3, The 18th Century, Addison to Blake; vol 4, Wordsworth to Rossetti. Handsomely bound in full calf, gilt spine the double labels, raised bands, from boards gilt embossed with Albert Memorial College, Framlingham together with the college's armorial crest. Bottom edge of spines lightly rubbed, scattered spots of foxing to endpapers. A fine set. Each volume has an index detailing its contents. Humphry Ward was an English author and journalist, husband of bestselling novelist Mrs Humphry Ward.