Herbert Trench — Lyrics and Narrative Poems

London; New York; Toronto, Hodder and Stoughton, [1912] (Undated, dated from a co. Leather. London; New York; Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton, [1912] (Undated, dated from a copy held by the British Library). Leather. Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A handsome, and uncommon copy of this collection of poetry, bound in full calf, with rich gilt decoration. An incredibly scarce leather-bound copy of this already uncommon poetry collection.Bound in handsome full green calf binding, stamped 'Bumpus Ltd. Oxford' to the front paste down.Decorated with gilt tooling and lettering to the spine and boards, gilt doublures, and full gilt page edges.Contains a collection of poetry by Irish poet Frederic Herbert Trench, who also worked in theatre with his friend, and patron of the arts, Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis.Featuring a monochrome frontispiece portrait of the poet and facsimile signature. Collated from a copy held by the University of Cambridge Libraries, complete. Bound in full green calf. Externally, with rubbing to spine and mild rubbing to extremities. Fading to spine. Joints slightly starting, but firm. Prize giving ink inscription to front free endpaper. Age toning to free endpaper extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Good . Ill.: None. Good .