Description
The first edition, limited issue of Virgil by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, an address to the boys of Sevenoaks School.
Sextodecimo, [4], [22pp]. Original printed wrappers. Light sunning along the spine, internally clean. A fine example. Includes a note from the headmaster of Sevenoaks School.
One of 250 signed copies by Arthur Quiller-Couch, for private distribution, “and to be had of no Booksellers.”
Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944) was a Cornish novelist, critic, anthologist, and professor of English literature at Cambridge. His most notable work was The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900, first published in 1900.
