Item #23784 Poems. Emily Hickey, Mary E. Swan.
Poems
Poems

Poems

London: Elkin Mathews, 1896. Hardcover. Scarce First Edition. Emily Henrietta Hickey (1845-1923) was a successful Irish author and poet. At the beginning of her career she contributed to many magazines, including Cornhill Magazine, Longman's Magazine, and the Irish Monthly. With Frederick Furnivall she founded the Browning Society in 1881.

Bound in original light green cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front board. Browning to spine and edges of boards with a few markings to rear board. Includes frontispiece illustration by Mary E. Swan with browned tissue guard. Ex-library from St. Mary's Clapham Library. There are no library markings aside from their modest bookplate which is affixed to the front pastedown. The interior is clean and bright. Very good condition. 55 pages plus 20 pages of ads. POE/062910.
Very Good.

Item #23784

Price: $150.00

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