Henry, Daniel, Jr. — Under a Fool's Cap

London, Kegan Paul, Trench and Co., 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author, inscribed warmly to "Farny," "who was at one time to have also found shelter [under a fool's cap], this capital decoration is affectionately offered by the present author, D.H.Jr." Sturdy, still handsome, brown cloth over beveled boards, polished to the point of shiny, a bit soiled, light rubbing to extremities, black lettering to cover and spine, rubbed, but clean and unmarked of interior but for binder's mark inside rear board at bottom near gutter. Rough-cut fore- and bottom-edges, top edge gilt. Twenty-four songs, "King Cole" to "Violet's Blue," "High-Diddle-Diddle" to "Cock-a-Doodle-Do." Each song is preceded by a half-title page, quite nicely. "Margery Daw" makes an appearance: "See-Saw! Margery Daw! Sold her bed to lie upon straw. Was she not a dirty slut, to sell her bed and lie in dirt?"Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good