Elinor Sweetman — Pastorals and Other Poems

London, J M Dent, 1899. Cloth. A charming collection of pastoral and floral poetry. A small collection of thirteen poems by the Irish poet Elinor Sweetman. This collection includes 'Pastoral of Galahad', 'Song of Sappho', and 'With Pansies&apos. Sweetman's other poetry anthologies include 'Footsteps of the Gods' and 'The Wild Orchid&apos. Acquired from a sale of the publisher J.M Dent's reference library, with this work being a 'File Copy&apos. With 'File' pencil inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Joseph Malaby Dent was a British book publisher best known for the Everyman's library series. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally very smart. Rubbing to the head and tail of spine, resulting in some loss to the cloth. Light rubbing to the extremities and a few handling marks to boards. Minor bumping to the extremities. Boards and spine have faded slightly. Pencil inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Offsetting to the recto of the front endpaper, and to the verso of the rear endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .