Inscribed by the author: “A. Rae Banks / from his friend / Richard Le Gallienne / 30 Sept ’92.” Rae Banks was from Liverpool (hence his friendship with R Le G). After qualifying as a barrister in 1880 he returned to Liverpool and wrote for the Liverpool Post before dying at the age of 42 in 1894. Spine darkened, rubbed, and, due to faulty binding process, vertically creased. Head of spine rubbed, and fragments if paper covering worn away at foot.
