8vo. liii, [1], 547pp, [1]. With half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled brown morocco, gilt-ruled paste-downs. Lightly rubbed, with small loss to head of spine. Light spotting to initial and terminal leaves.

The first edition, finely bound, of a collection of staple English lyrics compiled and published by publisher and educator Sir Algernon Methuen, Baronet (1856-1924), prefaced with an introduction by writer, essayist and Irish nationalist Robert Lynd (1879-1949).