Thomas Mead - The Lady of the Rose - Inscribed First Edition

MEAD, Thomas.

The Lady of the Rose, and Other Poems.

London: Tinsley Brothers, 1881.

INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.[4]; 240; [2]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt tiles to spine, black decoration to upper, yellow coated endpapers. Portrait frontispiece. Inscribed by the author to the title page.

Some marks within, water stain to foot of flyleaf and frontispiece, edges toned and a little dusty. Various clipping pasted to endpapers. Textblock a little loose, endpapers split along the gutters. Binding rubbed and worn, small split along lower joint. Uncommon. Very good.