The Taking of Helen by John Masefield — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a title page from a 1923 American edition published by The Macmillan Company in New York. The work is *The Taking of Helen* by John Masefield, with all rights reserved noted at the bottom. Despite your framing, this appears to be a legitimate literary work rather than a Victorian penny dreadful—Masefield was an established poet and writer (later Poet Laureate), and The Macmillan Company was a prestigious publisher. The page shows typical early twentieth-century title page formatting with centered text in various sizes.