Richard Harris — Nine Little Poems
London , E. J. Francis and Co. 1877. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce early edition of Nine Little Poems by Richard Harris. An author's presentation copy with an ink dedication to verso of front free endpaper. With decorative pieces and capitals throughout. First edition. The titles of the poems are as follows: Torture, A Pastime; The Great Unlearned; The Recruiting Sergeant and Jack the Ploughman; The Little Gambler, and What Became of Him; After the Doctor; Religion's Mountebanks; The School Board "Officer" and the Widow; The Distributors (?) of the Peabody Funds and The Beggar's Christmas Carol. In original cloth binding. Externally, sound bout with some wear to extremities, marginal fading and handling marks. Internally, generally firmly bound but with front free endpaper detached. Bright and generally clean with only the odd spot and handling mark. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
