8vo. xii, 1084pp. With half-title. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt- tooled half-vellum, contrasting olive green morocco lettering-piece, marbled boards. Marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Very lightly rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Lt.-Col. John Trevor Spencer to FEP, with his inked gift inscription to his daughter, Lillian Mary Latina Spencer, from 'her affect. father', to verso of FFEP. Additional manuscript number to head of FFEP. Light scattered spotting.

An attractively bound copy of the monumental Oxford Book Of English Verse, selected and edited by English writer Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller- Couch (1863-1944), in its distinctive India Paper edition; its compact nature led to this impression serving frequently as a 'knapsack book' across the British Empire and in the military.