A TINKLE OF BELLS AND OTHER POEMS

Chicago:E. A. Weeks and Company. (1895). 1st and only edition. Illustrated with 4 plates. v+210pp. Top edges gilt. Hardcover.  A pirated edition, later ordered destroyed after Rileys' lawsuit against the Publisher. Decorated boards lightly rubbed along hinges, lightly soiled, and with evidence of prior silverfish grazing to front board. Internally clean, lightly age-toned but free of previous owners marks or signatures.  The binding is tight and hinges intact.  A very good, clean copy.