Small quarto. (42)ff. A fine rendering of Goldsmith's romantic Irish verse, with an Arts & Crafts allegiance apparent in its title page designed by A. R. Black and its hand-illuminated and -colored initials throughout. That such craftsmanship was recruited for a book-society publication speaks to the popularity of the movement toward letterpress books at the turn of the twentieth century, here rendered to directly appeal to the gentlemanly members of the Guild. Similar organizations had begun to crop up throughout the 19th century, each with a directive toward a particular readership and often featuring a circulating library. The stratification of those organizations along class lines and ideological dispositions was exacerbated as industrialization made some rich and other less so. Here, however, is an example of the entrenchment of the movement toward handmade, luxury goods, an intriguing foil to the mechanized daily life of the Guild members. Bound by Jacob Arnold in full green-gray leather over boards with gilt rules and rolls and with red leather doublures. Mild rubbing to corners and spine bands, fraying to silk endpapers, else very good.