Product Description
A very smart presentation copy - with signed letter - of this scarce anthology of poems by the 9th Earl of Sandwich, George Montagu.
The author's presentation copy, inscribed to the front free endpaper 'To Martin Gilkes, a lover of poetry, with affectionate regards, Sandwich, Aug 1944'.
With an additional signed letter from the author loosely inserted to the work, addressed to the wife of the recipient of the book, professing his 'deepest interest' int he work of her husband's that he is returning - likely his 'Introduction to Modern Poetry' (1934).
In the original quarter cloth, with paper covered boards.
A book of poems from 9th Earl of Sandwich, George Charles Montagu - a British Conservative politician who served as chairman of the Central Prisoners of War Committee during the latter years of the First World War.
Verses are organised into three subheadings - Visions, Months and Memories and Other Poems - and include 'Tutankhamen', in tribute to the recent discovery of his tomb and 'A War Offering', which offers an oblique approach to the Great War, represented through the changing character of a 'Woman's hair'.
In the original quarter cloth binding, with paper covered boards.
Externally, loss to the spine label and discolouration to the spine.
Light bumping to the spine head and tail.
Internally, firmly bound.
Pages are generally bright and clean, with author's inscription to the front free endpaper.
Very light spots to the endpapers and a few poems marked with a pencil cross at head, in two instances with comment.
Very Good
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