Author: HOUSMAN, A.E.
Title: A Shropshire Lad; Poems by A.E. Housman
Description: New York, The Heritage Press. 1951. (hardcover) Very good. 159pp. 4to. In original slipcase, plain reseda-green paper; slipcase with light off-set fading, paper worn at extremities, chipping at spots; bottom edge with white transfer from rubbing. Although the slipcase does show some wear, it served its purpose well as the volume does not show the same wear. Volume bound in matching reseda-green smooth cloth boards; lettering in gold to spine, lettering and illustration in gold to top board. All edges coloured green. Illustrated EPs. Tiny split (only a few MM) near center of front gutter. Else textblock is tight and clean; no evidence of looseness or starting. Tonal illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. "The Heritage Club Sandglass; Number XI: 15" laid-in at front. "The material printed in this edition as an appendix was originally gathered by Professor Carl J. Weber for the "Jubilee" edition printed for the Colby College Library." -copyright page.

Keywords: Poetry, American Poetry, Specialty Literature


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