William Stigand — Acanthia

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1907. First edition. Cloth. A first edition presentation copy of this scarce volume of poetry. A scarce first edition collection of poems. Bound in publisher's original black pictorial boards. An author's presentation copy, featuring a bookplate commemorating the presentation of this copy to Cardiff Public Libraries, for the publishers, dated 1909. Ex City of Cardiff Reference Library copy. William Stigand also penned a biography of German poet Heinrich Heine. Bound in original black pictorial boards. Externally, very smart. Mild bumping to head and tail. The odd minor mark to boards. Library bookplate and stamp to front paste down. Presentation label gifting the book to the library to front paste down. The odd spot to endpapers. Mild age toning to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean, with the odd handling mark. Small library ink inscription to p.vii. Mild dusting to text block top edge. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .