8vo. [6], 136, 32pp. With a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Bound by W. Bone & Son of London. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, boards cockled, spine dulled. Inked ownership inscription of Thomas Gaisford to recto of FFEP.

The first edition of New Symbols, a poetry collection by Thomas Gordon Hake (1809-1895), poet, physician, and close friend of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Described by W. M. Rossetti as 'the earthly providence of the Rossetti family', Hake would provide financially and practically for Dante Rossetti as his mental and physical health worsened. This collection, as with much of Hake's poetry, is packed with mystical symbolism.