Wills, William Henry. POETS' WIT AND HUMOUR. New York: Appleton, 1861. 8.75" x 6.5". [8], 278, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's deluxe morocco stamped in gilt and blind. ************ First U.S. edition, illustrated with 100 engravings from drawings by Charles Bennett and George H. Thomas. The work was edited by a friend and collaborator of Charles Dickens. Typically encountered in publisher's cloth, an uncommon in this deluxe binding.

Minor wear to extremities, original silk bookmark detached and laid in, some signatures sprung and the whole slightly shaken with text block starting to pull. Front fly-leaf with early penciled gift inscription and with a Maine druggist's small ticket. Mild to moderate foxing throughout.