Antique Green Book Collection Set of 7 | Victorian Decorative Books | Boswell Johnson | Browning | Holmes | Euclid | 1881–1904

A handsome collection of seven antique books bound in rich shades of green, dating from 1881 to 1904. Displaying the beautiful cloth bindings, gilt lettering, and authentic patina, these volumes make a striking addition to a library, study, cottage, or historic home. Their varied subjects—including literature, mathematics, biography, poetry, religion, and New England history—offer as much intellectual interest as decorative appeal.

Included in this collection:

The Poet at the Breakfast-Table by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1881. The concluding volume in Holmes’s celebrated “Breakfast-Table” series, blending essays, poetry, wit, and philosophical reflections from one of nineteenth-century America’s most beloved authors.

Every-Day Religion by James Freeman Clarke. Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1886. A thoughtful collection of essays encouraging the application of faith and moral principles to everyday life. Clarke was one of the leading Unitarian ministers and religious thinkers of the nineteenth century.

The Poetical Works of Robert Browning, Volume II. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1896. A handsome edition containing the works of one of the Victorian era’s greatest poets, celebrated for dramatic monologues such as My Last Duchess and Andrea del Sarto.

The Elements of Euclid by John Sturgeon Mackay, M.A., LL.D. W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1901. A classic educational edition of Euclid’s foundational work on geometry, edited by the noted Scottish mathematician and educator. For generations, Euclid’s Elements served as the standard text for the study of mathematics throughout Europe and America.

Whittier-Land by Samuel T. Pickard. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1904. A richly descriptive exploration of the places, landscapes, and people associated with the life of the celebrated New England poet John Greenleaf Whittier, offering literary history alongside regional travel and biography.

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell, Volumes I & III. George Routledge & Sons, circa 1880s. Boswell’s monumental biography of Samuel Johnson remains one of the greatest biographies ever written in the English language. These attractive Victorian editions preserve Boswell’s vivid firsthand account of Johnson’s life, conversations, and literary circle.

The books measure 5 x 7 inches to 5.5 x 8 inches. All volumes are in good antique condition with expected yellowing to the pages, wear to the cloth bindings, and age-related shelf wear consistent with books over a century old. Three volumes contain library markings. Overall, they remain an attractive and cohesive decorative collection with wonderful antique character.