Literary Pamphlets chiefly relating to poetry from Sidney to Byron by Rhys, Ernest (Waugh, Arthur ed.) - 1897: Edward J. O'Brien's copy, inscribed by him "Secretum meum mihi"

Two volumes. First edition. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. London. 1897. Octavo. 278pp; 273pp. Original blue embossed cloth, gilt. Both volumes showing rubbing and wear. Foredges untrimmed. Occasional spotting, particularly to the endpapers. Provenance: Contemporary ownership inscription to both volumes: "Edward J. O'Brien October 22, 1919 Secretum meum mihi" [The secret is mine].

Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien, published as Edward J. O'Brien (1890–1941) writer, poet, editor and anthologist. Some of the authors first brought to public attention by O'Brien include Erskine Caldwell, Dorothy Parker, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Saroyan, Hemingway etc.

[See an interesting biographical article: Edward J. O'Brien ROBERT WHITEHAND Prairie Schooner, Vol. 14, No. 1 (SPRING 1940), pp. 1-12]

Ernest Percival Rhys (1859 - 1946), Anglo-Welsh poet, author, and editor of Everyman's Library. This work was part of The Pamphlet Library edited by Arthur Waugh, the object of which was to present work with high literary qualities and which also marked a distinct innovative change.