Alexander Smith; Hugh Walker — Dreamthorp with Selections from &Apos;Last Leaves&Apos;

London, Humphrey Milford: Oxford University Press, 1914. Leather. A finely bound collection of essays from Scottish poet, Alexander Smith. Bound by Syd. A Howe, Sheffield. In a very unusual and fine leather binding. A collection of essays, including: Dreamthorp, On the Writing of Essays, William Dunbar, Men of Letters, and Geoffrey Chaucer. The collection is noted especially for the essay A Lark's Flight, in which Smith describes the song of a lark breaking the silence just before the trapdoor is sprung under two condemned men. Written by Alexander Smith, a Scottish poet of the Spasmodic School, and essayist. With an introduction by Hugh Walker, a British scholar and educator. Bound by Syd. A Howe, Sheffield. Bound in full red crushed morocco with gilt decoration. Externally, very smart with light fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. Bound by Syd. A Howe, Sheffield. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .