Gems from the poets, illustrated
By: from original designs by A.F. Lydon.
Contributors: Lydon, A. F.; Fawcett, Benjamin, 1808-1893 (printer); B., C., fl. 1864-1873.
Publisher: Bell and Daldy
Published: 1870
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 61
Subjects: Gift books -- Specimens; Poetry -- Collections.
Notes: With one additional poem not found in other editions; although the plates are identical some of the poems and accompanying plate captions differ from other editions of the work.

Added illustrated t.p. printed in colour, without publisher's imprint; letterpress t.p. printed in red and black.

Originally published in parts btwn 1858-1860.

Printer's imprint: B. Fawcett, engraver and printer, Driffield.

MASS copy 1: Trimmed, leaf size 23 cm. Prize book, with presentation label dated July 1874. Bound in purple sand-grain cloth blocked in gold, black and blind; signed 'CB'.

MASS copy 2: Lacking plate opposite p. 7. Address in imprint on t.p. differs slightly from copy 1. Bound in maroon sand-grain cloth blocked in gold and blind, and embossed. Cover design is completely different from copy 1.