Poems by F. B. Money-Couts
- Hardcover
- London and New York: John Lane/ George Richmond, 1896
London and New York: John Lane/ George Richmond, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. (96)pp. Finely bound by Trevor Lloyd, M. B. E., in full brown morocco with green onlays to the boards and spine. SPine in 6 compartments, gilt; boards tooled in gilt; gilt inner dentelles; all edges gilt; decorated endpapers. Trances of rubbing else near fine.
Francis Burdett Money-Coutts (1852-1923) was a London solicitor, poet, librettist, and heir to the Coutts banking fortune. This is his first book of many. His last book, a libretto for Albéniz, was part one of an Arthurian trilogy on Merlin. "Quondam et Futurus".
Presentation copy to his wife, with a near full page inscription on a preliminary blank:
To my darling:
Thou, to whom whatever scattered thought
Into the texture of my book is wrought,
Is due -- once guessed at, but now realized --
Receive it! For by Thee it was devised.
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Details
Title
Poems by F. B. Money-Couts
Author
Money-Couts, F. B.
Binding
Hardcover
Condition
Near Fine
Publisher
John Lane/ George Richmond: London and New York
Date
1896
Edition
First edition