WORDS BY THE WAYSIDE

First Edition. Hardback. 8vo.pp.152. Poetry. Original publisher's exquisite binding in full cream vellum bordered with fine gilt line, and brown spine label lettered in gilt. Decorative inner dentelles in gilt, and beautiful blue marbled endpapers. Signed presentation from the author: "To Florence Sybil Keeling And Edward Sherwood, for their Wedding Day, January 27. 1923. From James Rhoades." A short hand-written poem accompanies the inscription: "With this poor gift your poet prays.Love conduct them to the end." Poems include: 'Coronation Ode (For August 9th, 1902)' 'Haileybury College Jubilee' 'At the Omar Khayym Club 1 & 11' 'My Dachshund' 'Baroness Burdett Coutts' 'To Venice' 'A Lesson from the Titanic' 'Privates of the Line' & 'Ambulance Heroes.' Loosely inserted publisher's four page flyer with 'Some Press Opinions.'James Rhoades (1841 - 1923) was an Anglo- Irish minor poet. He was admired in his day and one of his poems is in The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. Very good indeed. Excellent condition. Neat name on front endpaper.…