James Ashcroft Noble — Verses of a Prose-Writer

Edinburgh , David Douglas, 1887. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this collection of poems, signed by the author. A first edition of this work that is signed by the author. Some of the poems within this collection had previously been published in various sonnet anthologies and periodicals, but most of them appear for the first time in this volume. Some of the pomes that appear include An Invitation, A Broken Goblet, She and I, A Dead Past and Our Dream. There are also sections of poems of the inner life, written in my friends' book, in memoriam and sonnets. Signed by the author to the half title page: Yours affectionately James Ashcroft Noble In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart with some fading to the spine and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper dated 1887. Signed by the author to the half title page. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Good . Ill.: None. Good .