The nobility of life, its graces and virtues
Subtitle: portrayed in prose and verse by the best writers
By: selected and edited by L.B.C. Valentine. With twenty-four original pictures printed in colours, elaborate borders, headings, and vignettes.
Contributors: Valentine, Mrs. d. 1899.; Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905.; Dalziel Brothers; Kronheim & Co.; Burn & Co.
Publisher: Frederick Warne and Company; Scribner, Welford, and Co.
Published: 1869
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Conduct of life -- Literary collections
Notes: "Dalziel Brothers, engravers & printers".

Twenty-four mounted col. illustrations printed 12 each by Edmund Evans and by Kronheim.

MASS copy 1: With presentation inscription dated 1874. Bound in blue sand-grain cloth blocked in gold, black and blind. Binder's ticket: Bound by Burn & Co.

MASS copy 2: Bound in red sand-grain cloth, in the same design as copy 1. Binder's ticket differs slightly in design and wording: Bound by Burn & Co. Kirby St.