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The First UK printing published by Faber and Faber, London in 1954. The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition with a little pushing and fading to the spine tips. The white lettering to the spine remains very bright. Light toning to the text-block with a little spotting and offsetting to the blank end-papers. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good+ condition. A little rubbing and loss at the corners , folds and spine ends. Some small closed tears to the front upper edge and the upper and lower spine folds. Light age related markings and light spotting to the rear panel. The wrapper artwork looks striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been signed (without dedication) by the author to the half-title : 'Yours sincerely, Lucy M. Boston'. A very scarce early title from the author who would go on to to win the 'Carnegie Medal' for her 'Green Knowe' series. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The sole UK printing privately published by Narodiczky, London in 1915. The slim fragile booklet is in Very Good condition. Original buff fragile paper wrappers with titling to the front cover in black. Some loss to the upper and fore edge of the front cover and also the upper edge of rear cover. The covers are lightly toned to the edges and there are some minor professional repairs to the spine. No inscriptions and the 18 pages of contents are complete. Some very light creasing to the outer edges of some of the pages. A very good copy of this exceptionally fragile publication which is now protected in a loose Mylar archival cover. This was the second of only three poetry pamphlets that Rosenberg published in his lifetime. This work, containing 22 poems, was published in a run of roughly 100 copies just prior to his enlistment in the army. Rosenberg attended the Slade School and quickly became one of the most celebrated of the British war poets, before his untimely death on the Western Front in 1918.… Read More