Quarto. xiii, [3], 267pp, [1]. With a tipped-in colour frontispiece and a further 19 tipped-in colour plates by Dudley Tennant. Original publisher's pictorial cream cloth, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed, marked. Decorated endpapers, hinges exposed, scattered spotting.

A beautifully illustrated edition of American poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox's (1850-1919) Poems of Passion and Pleasure, a successful collection at first rejected by publishers due to its provocative title and racy contents. This edition is illustrated by Dudley Tennant (1867-1952), who, after exhibiting works at both the Royal Academy and the Walker Art Gallery, would go on to illustrate many books and magazines, including a selection of Dickens retellings by Ethel Lindsay.