Ellis, Havelock — Affirmations

London, Walter Scott, Limited, 1898. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine; 2 preliminary leaves, [iii] - vii pages, 1 leaf, 248 pp. "In this book I deal with questions of life as they are expressed in literature, or as they are suggested by literature. Throughout I am discussing morality as revealed or disguised by literature."-- Pref. p. iv. Note on ffep by previous owner reads, "First Edition -- Probably Ellis' best book, containing the first essay in English on Nietzsche. Good- (Boards are generally worn over all, with scuffing/smudging/bowing of corners; inner hinges are cracked; spine strip is pulling away from the textblock; textblock edges are heavily darkened/scuffed/smudged; occasional notes in the margin; pages are toned around the edges.) .