Alfred Cochrane — Later Verses

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1918. First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed first edition of Cochrane"s charming later verse collection, featuring a frontispiece by H. J. Ford. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition.Includes a frontispiece by H. J. Ford, illustrator of Andrew Lang"s Fairy Books. Collated, complete. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper: "H.B. - amicitiae pignus. A.C. Christmas 1918."A collection of poems drawn from Cochrane"s earlier pamphlet The Sweeper of the Leaves and various magazine publications. The pieces range from ballads, seasonal sketches, and fables, with some poems touching on the First World War. Alfred Cochrane (1865–1948) was an English cricketer, writer, and long-time contributor to Punch, The Spectator, and Country Life. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Author's inscription to front free endpaper. Slight fading to spine. Slight rubbing to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Offsetting to half-title and verso of final leaf. Pages bright and clean with just one or two light spots to fore edge. Very slight cockling to fore edge. Very Good . Ill.: H. J. Ford. Very Good .