Edinburgh: T. And A. Constable, 1902. 8vo. . First appearance of Bram Stoker poem, "One Needful Thing" on page 173. White flexible paper boards with gilt title to spine. Attractive bright gilt crest to front board and gilt decoration to spine. Minor rubbing to boards. Includes 11 illustrations with captioned tissue guards, numberous illuminated initials, and decorative borders to every page. Clean, tight interior. Maroon endpages. 190 pages. LIT/021606.
Walker, Archibald Stodart (editor). A VOLUNTEER HAVERSACK CONTAINING CONTRIBUTIONS OF CERTAIN WRITERS TO THE QUEEN'S RIFLE VOLUNTEER BRIGADE: THE ROYAL SCOTS. Edinburgh: Printed for the Brigade, 1902. Octavo, pp. [i-vii] viii [ix] x-xvi [1] 2-189 [190] [191: printer's imprint] [192: blank], 11 inserted plates with illustrations by various artists, original white coated boards with yapp edges, front, spine and rear panels stamped in gold, maroon coated endpapers. First edition. Collection of short stories and poems by many of the popular authors of the day such as A. C. Benson, Quiller-Couch, Richard Garnett, Austin Dobson, Israel Zangwill, Edmund Gosse, Arthur Symons and many others.
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