12mo. viii, 101pp, [3]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Scattered spotting.

The provincially published first edition of John Critchley Prince's (1808-1866) fourth collection of poetry. As with his earlier efforts, Prince's motivation for publishing was predominantly financial owing to the depression of the reed-making trade from which he earned his living.