Poems by F. B. Money-Couts

Descripción

8vo. (96)pp. Finely bound by Trevor Lloyd, M. B. E., in full brown morocco with green onlays to the boards and spine. SPine in 6 compartments, gilt; boards tooled in gilt; gilt inner dentelles; all edges gilt; decorated endpapers. Trances of rubbing else near fine. Francis Burdett Money-Coutts (1852-1923) was a London solicitor, poet, librettist, and heir to the Coutts banking fortune. This is his first book of many. His last book, a libretto for Albéniz, was part one of an Arthurian trilogy on Merlin. "Quondam et Futurus". Presentation copy to his wife, with a near full page inscription on a preliminary blank: To my darling: Thou, to whom whatever scattered thought Into the texture of my book is wrought, Is due -- once guessed at, but now realized -- Receive it! For by Thee it was devised. .

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Detalles bibliográficos

Título

Poems by F. B. Money-Couts

Editor

John Lane/ George Richmond, London and New York

Fecha de publicación

1896

Encuadernación

Hardcover

Edición

First edition.

Estado

Near fine

Firmado

Firmado por el autor

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• Literature
• Fine Binding
• Rare Books