Lady Charlotte Elliot — Medusa and Other Poems

London, C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1878 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition collection of poetry of despair and abandonment from Lady Charlotte Elliot. The first edition of this very scarce volume of poetry from Scottish poet Lady Charlotte Elliot.In the titular poem, Elliot sympathises with the eponymous mythological figure noting the experiences of 'days of despair' and 'unspeakable woe' throughout her life. The other poems in the collections are melancholic tales of 'time, love and death.This is the second of three volumes published by Elliot, all very scarce. This was published following 'Stella, and other poems' (1867), and prior to 'Mary Magdalene and other poems' (1880), of which only fifty copies were published, following her death earlier in the year. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Discolouration to back strip, with shelf wear to back strip head, and bumping to back strip tail. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to first few leaves, with pages otherwise clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .