A Large Collection of Mosher Press Books (54)

Thomas B. Mosher; Richard Jefferies; Robert Louis Stevenson; Ralph Waldo Emerson; William Morris; Walter Pater; Oscar Wilde; Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Andrew Lang; Fiona Macleod, etc

Thomas B. Mosher, Portland, Me, 1896

[Handsome printings from turn of the century Maine] 54 volume set. Mosher's credo: "nothing is worth printing that is not worth printing well." Various printings, dates are approximate some volumes may be second printings from a few years later. Approximately 24 volumes have slip cases. Some volumes have original owner's signatures. List of contents: (with slip cases): The portrait of Mr. W.H., Oscar Wilde, 1901; A lodging for the night : a story of Francis Villon, Robert Louis Stevenson, 1912; The child in the house, Walter Pater, 1909 (2 copies); Hours of spring and Wild flowers, Richard Jefferies, 1910; Ulad of the dreams, Fiona Macleod, 1907; Bits of oak bark and Meadow thoughts, Richard Jefferies, 1907; The hollow land, William Morris, 1908; The history of over sea, William Morris, 1899; The story of Amis & Amiles, William Morris, 1896 (2 copies); Stars of thought, Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1907; The child in the house, Walter Pater, 1909; The tale of King Florus and the fair Jehane, William Morris, 1904; The children's crusade, Marcel Schwob 1923; Gertha's lovers, William Morris, 1902; The story of Cupid and Psyche, Apuleius (Author), Walter Pater (Translator), 1909; The tale of King Coustans the Emperor, William Morris, 1899; The Sire de Maletroit's door, Robert Louis Stevenson, 1900; The birthday of the infanta, Oscar Wilde, 1907; Quattrocentisteria, Maurice Hewlett, 1921; Rab and his friends, John Brown, 1909; The Bibelot (vols. 1-3), 1895;  [Mostly without slip cases:] A dream of John Ball, William Morris, 1908; Sonnets from the Portuguese, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1906 (4 copies, different dates); The city of dreadful night : and other poems, James Thomson, 1909; The roadmender, Michael Fairless, 1907; Shakespeare's sonnets, William Shakespeare , 1907; A house of pomegranates, Oscar Wilde, 1906; Ballads & lyrics of old France : with other poems, Andrew Lang, 1898 (2 copies); The story of Amis & Amiles, William Morris, 1896; The sweet miracle, Eca de Queiros, Edgar Prestage, 1906; The sweet miracle, Eca de Queiros, 1914; George Meredith : an appreciation, Oliver Elton, 1909; Poems in prose, Oscar Wilde, 1906; Golden wings : Svend and his brethren, William Morris, 1906; A lady of sorrow, James Thomson, 1913 (lacking front cover); Saint Guido, Richard Jefferies, 1901; Sebastian van Storck : an imaginary portrait, Walter Pater, 1898; AEs triplex : and other essays, Robert Louis Stevenson, 1903; A little book of nature thoughts, Walt Whitman, 1906; Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzGerald (Translator), 1909; The pageant of summer, Richard Jefferies, 1905; Aucassin & Nicolete, Andrew Lang, 1905 (2 copies); A little book of nature thoughts, Fiona Macleod, 1908 (2 copies); Modern love and other poems, George Meredith, 1910; Gerard de Nerval, Arthur Symons 1904.