Poems by F. B. Money-Couts
London and New York: John Lane/ George Richmond, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Item #23659
Francis Burdett Money-Coutts (1852-1923) was a London solicitor, poet, librettist, and heir to the Coutts banking fortune. This is his first book of many. His last book, a libretto for Albéniz, was part one of an Arthurian trilogy on Merlin. "Quondam et Futurus".
Presentation copy to his wife, with a near full page inscription on a preliminary blank: .
8vo. (96)pp. Finely bound by Trevor Lloyd, M. B. E., in full brown morocco with green onlays to the boards and spine. SPine in 6 compartments, gilt; boards tooled in gilt; gilt inner dentelles; all edges gilt; decorated endpapers. Trances of rubbing else near fine.
To my darling:
Thou, to whom whatever scattered thought
Into the texture of my book is wrought,
Is due -- once guessed at, but now realized --
Receive it! For by Thee it was devised.
Price: $1,250.00