Sir Guy de Guy: a Stirring Romaunt

A smart and original first edition volume of this illustrated narrative poem, by the author credited pseudonymously as 'Rattlebrain'. A first edition volume of romantic narrative verse, following the titular hero across three "fyttes." Bound in publisher's original brown cloth. Anonymously published, the author identified as English writer, poet and sculptor George Halse through a copy held by the British Library. Featuring a monochrome frontispiece, five monochrome plates included in the page count, and additional monochrome vignette illustrations. Collated, complete. These illustrations have been rendered by Phiz - the pseudonym of English caricaturist and illustrator Hablot Knight Browne. Bound in original brown cloth. Externally, generally smart. Moderate bumping and rubbing to extremities. Moderate fading and marks to spine. Moderate damp stain to rear board. Mild marks to endpapers. Mild tide mark to rear paste down. Internally, firmly bound, with infrequent mild to moderate strain. Pages generally bright and clean, with infrequent to occasional mild spotting, more moderate towards text block extremities. Moderate to notable tide marks to pp.41-end. Mild, occasional tide marks to earlier pages. Small closed tear to front blank. Very Good.…