First edition, first printing. 249, [8]pp. Green cloth-covered boards with bevelled edges, titles blind stamped on upper panel, gilt stamped on spine. Top edge sprayed green. 8vo. Cloth is a little rubbed, especially on corners and spine ends, a few mild marks, one corner with a minor bump. Text block edges toned. Internally some faint and occasional spotting and some wear (short tears, chips and creasing) to page edges.
A collection of literary criticism and literary history essays including Dostoevsky The Sensationalist; Jane Austen, Natural Historian; Browning - the Poet of Love; The Fame of J M Synge and others on the likes of Wordsworth, G K Chesterton, Hilaire Belloc, Henry James, Keats etc.