8vo. 111pp, [1]. With a half-title. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. Bookplate of William Barclay Squire to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to half-title: 'W. Barclay Squire, Esq. / with R. Garnett's / very best regards / November 1904.'

The first edition of librarian and author Richard Garnett's (1835-1906) witty drama based upon the legends surrounding the life of a young William Shakespeare, including his attempts at poaching and early efforts as a playwright.

William Barclay Squire (1855-1927), music librarian and scholar, sometime colleague of Garnett at the British Museum.