12mo. vi, 144pp. Title in red and black. Bound by Worsfold (stamp-signed on front turn-in) in contemporary red morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Spine dulled. Armorial bookplate of Anthony Eden to FEP.

An uncharacteristically unadorned Worsfold binding of Sir Alfred Lyall's (1835-1911) remarkably popular collection of poems inspired whilst serving as an administrator in British India.

William Thomas Jennings Worsfold (1856-1929), London based bookbinder active from approximately 1889 until 1923.

Sir Anthony Eden (1897-1977), British foreign secretary (1935- 38, 1940-45, and 1951-55) and Prime Minister (1955-1957).