Description
Bottomley, Gordon. The Mickle Drede and Other Verses. Kendall: Printed for the Author by T. Wilson, 1896. First Edition. Original Printed Boards Re-backed in tinted Elephanthide Paper. Very Good. (viii), 102pp. Fore & tail edges untrimmed. Boards a little soiled & scuffed at their edges. Original binder’s ticket on front paste down & short name on ffep. Very occasional light scattered foxing with some heavier spots at uncut edges. Bottomley’s extremely scarce first book, after having contracted TB at seven; “the fruits of years of sickness”.
