Alice Meynell; Various — The Flower of the Mind

London, Grant Richards, 1897. First edition. Leather. A sumptuously bound first edition of this volume if brilliant poems from English literature, collected together by Alice Meynell. The first edition of this uncommon work.Beautifully bound by J. Adams. A brilliant anthology of poems by a variety of eminent poets across history and English literature, from Chaucer to Wordsworth.Including 'Verses Before Death' by Sir Walter Raleigh, 'Epithalamion' by Edmund Spenser, various sonnets by Shakespeare, 'Hymn to Diana' by Ben Jonson, and more. Edited by Alice Meynell. In a full crushed morocco binding with gilt decoration, bound by J. Adams. Externally, smart. Spine is faded. Very light rubbing to the spine and extremities. A few very light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .