IDYLS AND RHYMES

Dublin, London & Guernsey: J. McGlashan, etc., 1855. Octavo. Late 19th or early 20th century full morocco, gilt label, t.e.g., gilt inner dentelles. Extremities a bit worn, signs of once tipped-in bookplate, bound without half- title, else a very good copy. First edition of the future novelist's first book. "Rather raffish in his younger days and with an inflated self-esteem, given to classical puns and irritating mannerisms, Collins had genuine talent...[and] emerges as an interesting second-rater, a figure of pathetic jauntiness" - Wolff. (Inventory #: WRCLIT42406)