Writ in Barracks.
London: Methuen and Co., 1900 Stock Code: 90730
First edition of one of Wallace's earlier works, a collection of poetry "much of it inspired by Kipling, whom he was to meet on a visit to Cape Town in 1898" (ODNB). Bound with the publisher's catalogue dated October 1901.
Description
Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine and front cover gilt, edges untrimmed.
Condition
With contemporary owner signature and date to front free endpaper. Spine sunned, spine ends and corners rubbed, edges and endpapers tanned, slight foxing to prelims and endmatter. A very good copy.
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