first edition Hardcover
1896 · London
by WATSON, E.H. Lacon
London: Elkin Mathews, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Dark green ribbed cloth, gilt-stamped spine title, top edge gilt. Offsetting on front endpapers, corners bumped, very good lacking the scarce dustwrapper. Essays included are: "The essay", "The unconscious humourist", "L'allegro.--Il penseroso", "An examination of the commonplace", "Bicycle tours-and a moral", "Confidences", "The specialist", "Prophets of the mist", "The literature of reminiscence", "The enthusiast", "On love", "The waters of Castaly", "Cacoethes scribendi", "Hitting the gold". Several essays have appeared previously in several magazines. Scarce, *OCLC* locates only 10 copies. (Inventory #: 410316)