Author: Robert Bridges
Title: The Testament of Beauty a Poem in Four Books
Description: Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1929. First edition. Leather. The first edition, second impression of Bridges' poem The Testament of Beauty. Bridges was Britain's Poet Laureate from 1913 until his death in 1930. His work had great influence to a select circle due to its restraint, precision and delicacy, yet its strong expression. With publisher's note on the text bound to the rear. For The Testament of Beauty, which is a long philosophical poem in four books, Bridges received the Order of Merit. In a cream hardback binding with gilt and blind stamping to the boards and spine. Without dustwrapper. Externally, smart with marks to boards and spine. Some bumping to extremities. Gift inscription to recto of front endpaper, Joy from Rich. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with scattered spots to endpapers, otherwise generally clean throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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