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First edition. Stevenson’s second poetry collection: 38 poems in English, 16 poems in Scots containing the first appearance of his self penned epitaph “Requiem”. Note to inside of fep states ‘William Sharp’s copy’ and to the rear are some notes on the text in the same hand and a reference to the Scottish contemporary poet  David Wingate.  Possibly the copy of William Sharp (who  wrote under the female pseudonym Fiona Macleod). Sharp  also wrote about  Robert Louis Stevenson, most notably in his essay “The Country of Stevenson”  With 32pp adverts dated July 1887 to rear. Top edge of spine worn otherwise VG