304pp, with portrait plate frontispiece (of Ella Mary Gordon - the Queen Poetess). Ivory coloured cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering front and spine, gilt motif on rear panel. Bevelled edges. Deckled page edges. 12mo. Covers are grubby and marked, sunned over spine, very gently rounded on corners. Text block edges toned. A hint of page browning else internally neat and clean. Firmly bound.
An unusual collection of poems from Victorian writers popular towards the end of the 19th century, many of whose works are now hard to find. Poets represented in the collection include, Florence Attenborough, A L Curry, Ramsey Colles, Fred Fellows, Jane Foxall, Rudyard Kipling, J J Lane, James Mundy, Ella Mary Gordon, Emily Frances Shaw, Richard Vasey and many, many more.
