The Life of Margaret Godolphin; The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems; The Vision of Piers the Plowman William Morris; John Evelyn; Robert Steele [ed.]; William Langland Poetry

A delightful collection of three volumes of poetry and biography from the 'King's Classics' series, uniformly bound in quarter vellum. A collection of three volumes from the series 'The King's Classics Under the General Editorship of Professor Gollancz'.Present here are:The Life of Margaret Godolphin, by John Evelyn, 1904. This is a biography of Margaret Blagge, written by her friend, the diarist and writer John Evelyn, first published posthumously in the 19th century.The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems by William Morris, 1905. The first major published work from Morris, first published in 1858.The Vision of Piers Plowman by William Langland, 1905. A Middle English allegorical narrative poem.Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume. Collated, complete.Bookplate of Agnes Low to two front pastedowns. In quarter vellum bindings with marbled paper covered boards. Vellum portion just a touch age toned, with handling marks to boards. Bookplates to front pastedowns of two volumes. Internally, generally firmly bound, with binding of one volume somewhat strained. Pages bright and generally clean, with the odd spot. Very Good Indeed