Gems from the Poets. Tyas, Robert. 50 Cheapside : H.T. Warren, 8, Finsbury, London. 1840-1. Complete 6 volume set in original bookcase. Gems from British Poets, Sacred 3rd edition; Gems from British Poets, Falconer to Campbel 2nd edition; Gems from British Poets, Chaucer to Goldsmith 3rd edition; Gems from Shakespeare 5th thousand; Gems from the American Poets 6th edition; Gems from British Poets, Living Authors Chiefly. Engraved frontispieces. Printed by Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars, London. All edges gilt. Original pale yellow endpapaers. Mixed editions. 64 x 102 mm. Original plum publisher's cloth with gilt titling on spines and blind embossed decorative covers. Complete with publisher's morocco fronted bookcase, glazed door and check red, green and cream patterned paper interior with "Gems from the Poets" in gilt on lintel. Leather hinge sympathetically repaired; corners and edges worn. 150 x 117 x 82 mm. Joffe, 184. OCLC, 932881620, 34060088, 932880549, 78247230, 79079551, 932881615. WorldCat locates generally single didgit numbers of individual titles but no copies of complete sets worldwide. 155 firsts2024