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1. Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of the Earth. London: Macmillan and Co., 1883. 8vo (178 x 122 mm). [xii], 181, [3] pp. Original dark blue cloth lettered in gold. Grey endpapers with black maidenhair design. Custom morocco-backed case. Light wear to extremities, two or three ink strokes to bottom edge of boards. Provenance: Henry Duff Traill (presentation inscription to title). PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR: "H.D. Traill / in sober friendship / from George Meredith." Second edition. Traill, the English author and journalist, had given favorable notices of Meredith's works in the past. Buxton Forman 20. 2. One of Our Conquerors. London: Chapman and Hall, 1891. 3 volumes. 8vo (197 x 129 mm). iv, 302, [2 blank]; iv, 320; iv, 307 pp. Original royal blue cloth lettered and ruled in gilt, stamped in black and blind. Primrose endpapers. Vols 2 and 3 unopened. Uneven browning to title page vols 1 and 3, some spotting to edges, vol 1 slightly shaken. FIRST EDITION. Buxton Forman 31; Sadleir 1700.