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Published by Belfast: Printed for private circulation only by Alex. Mayne, 1866
Seller: JIRI Books, Lisburn, United Kingdom
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Crown8vo, 59 p. Original green blind-stamped bevel-edge cloth, gilt, brown endpapers. Mottling of the boards otherwise a fine copy signed on the title 'To Mrs Templeton (Cranmore) With the Author's Compliments. Christmas 1866'. Printed to gratify the wishes of some kind relatives and much-prized friends. Scarce. First edition. Inscribed by Author(s).
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. By Alexander O'Driscoll Taylor of Belfast. Printed for Private Circulation Only. 59 pp. A collection of 22 poems including "Messenger Moments", "Epitaph near Geneva", "Sonnet on the Death of Thomas Moore", "May Morning on the Cave-Hill", "To a Seabird in a Gale", "To a Friend", "The Statue to the Late Earl of Belfast", "Sonnet on Killarney Ferns", "The Giant's Causeway", "The Music of the Sea" & "Autumn". Preface dated Belfast, December, 1866. Text clean. Front hinge cracked internally. Previous owner's name clipped from top of title page. Previous owner's inscription "Christmas 1866" in neat ink at bottom of title page. Original maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Top and bottom of spine and corners rubbed. Small piece of cloth at top of spine split. Overall condition VG-.