Fleurs de Lys and Other Poems [Inscribed]

Montreal: E.M. Renouf, 1887. First Edition. 12mo (17.75cm.); original blue decorative cloth embossed in gilt, grey decorative endpapers, top edge gilt; [2],viii,147pp. Some light rubbing to extremities, minor soil, hinges starting to crack but still holding, else a Near Very Good, still-brilliant copy. The Canadian poet's first book, published in his early twenties. Inscribed on front flyleaf: "Miss [Marie?] Burroughs / with the authors [sic] compliments. New Years [sic] Day 1895.