G. J. Whyte-Melville — Hunting Poems

Edinburgh, T. N. Foulis, 1911. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this excellent collection of verse by Scottish novelist and poet, George Whyte-Melville. A first edition of this poetry work.  Rebound in a signed, full morocco binding by Craftsmen Binders Ltd. Northampton, with gilt edges. Illustrated with sixteen, tipped-in and tissue guarded watercolour illustrations with numerous in-text vignettes by painter, Godfrey Douglas Giles.  Including a six page publisher's advertisement to the rear. Collated, complete. A charming collection of galant verse, reflecting on the hunter's life, roaming the countryside. Bookplate of Cazenove family to front paste down. Rebound in a signed, full morocco binding. Externally, generally smart. Some rubbing to joints with the front joint cracking. Additional rubbing to head and tail of spine with slight loss. Hinges starting, but holding firm. Bookplate to front free. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: G. D. Giles. Very Good .