Black cloth covers with a stunning gilt design of skull and cross-bones with a lyre to upper board and all edges gilt. A little fragile with the spine missing and water mark to rear board, rubbing/scuffing to edges and corners but with upper board in very good condition, making it ideal for restoration. Internally clean with sporadic light marks to pages and marks to top corner of last 3 pages. ii, 114pp plus 2 pages of ads. 'Often regarded as first great modern Irish novelist, George Moore (1852-1933) influenced James Joyce among many others. While living in Paris he self-published his first book, The Flowers of Passion, a collection of lyric poems. The poems were derivative, and were maliciously reviewed by the critics who were offended by some of the depravities in store for moralistic readers. The book was withdrawn by Moore not long after publication'.