Wallace Bruce — In Clover and Heather

Edinburgh; London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1890. Vellum. A limited edition anthology of poems by Wallace Bruce, presented by the author to the Colonial Club of New York. Limited to two hundred and fifty copies printed on large paper, of which this is numbered one hundred and eighteen.Presented by the author to the Colonial Club of New York, with a presentation label to the front paste down, and author's inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. The Colonial Club was founded in 1892, a club dedicated to drinking and perpetuating the memory of Revolutionary days. The club was houses in a building designed by Henry Kilburn, which has since been demolished.An anthology of poems by Wallace Bruce, collecting together a total of fifty two poems.Including 'The Yosemite', 'Alpine Spring', 'Juliet to Romeo', 'The Candle Parade', 'Of Age', 'A Holland Brick', and more. Two pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's quarter vellum binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, smart. Light marks and discolouration to the vellum, as is usual to see. Minor marks to the boards. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Bookplate to the front paste down. Torn bookplate to the rear paste down. Author's inscription to the recto of the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .