Palm Leaves

Milnes, Richard Monckton. Palm Leaves. London: Edward Moxon, 1844. First edition.

12mo (6 3/4 x 4 3/8″). XXXVI, 202, [2]pp. Contemporary full calf, with gold lettering to spine, and unidentified blind-stamped coat of arms to both covers. Dentelles. Top edge gilt.

First edition of Milne’s “Palm Leaves,” a lucidly Wordworthian reflective poetry which consacrated its author as one of the most promising writers of his generation.

Moderate and sporadic rubbing to binding. Foxing to endpapers. Binding in overall good+ to very good, interior in very good condition. g to vg. Hardcover. (41426) $95