Edwin Hamilton — The Moderate Man and Other Verses

London, Ward and Downey, 1888. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of verses from British author Edwin Hamilton. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven plates. Collated complete. A collection of thirty-two entertaining verses with titles such as: The Sort of Man He Was, An Iron Belle, The Broken Blade, Stranger than Fiction, and Time is Money - Sometimes. Written by Edwin Hamilton, a British writer and editor. Illustrated by Harry Furniss, a British illustrator. Dated from the British Library. In the original pictorial blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the board edges. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Contemporary ink inscription to the half title. Very Good . Ill.: Harry Furniss. Very Good .