first edition Paperback
1900 · London
by Henley, W. E. (William Ernest)
London: David Nutt, 1900. Book. Very Good Plus. Printed Wrappers. Limited and Numbered First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE. Large paper edition on Japanese vellum fifteen copies printed, this is copy No. 1. four unnumbered pages, viii pages, two unnumbered pages, 24 pages, two unnumbered pages. Very Good Plus, small tear to wrappers at head of spine, wrappers toned, interior clean and bright with pages remaining uncut. OCLC locates only one institutional holding, at the University of Delaware. The British poet, editor and critic William Ernest Henley (1849-1903) is best remembered for his poem "Invictus", which concludes with the oft-referenced (truncated)