Great War Dust Jackets
All books are 1st editions unless stated otherwise.
Gordon ALCHIN (Observer, R.F.C., pseud.). Captain, Royal Flying Corps.
Oxford and Flanders. Blackwell, Oxford 1916
Richard ALDINGTON (1892 -
Images (1910 -
Images of War. Beaumont Press, London 1919 with illustrations by Paul Nash. no.122 of 200 with Aldington’s signature tipped in.
Images of War. Allen & Unwin, London 1919.
Images. The Egoist Limited, London (1919). A collection of Aldington's various imagist poems up to 1915.
Other works
Death of a Hero. Chatto & Windus,
London 1929 in Paul Nash dw.
At All Costs. Heinemann, London 1930.
no.175 of 275 copies. Signed by Aldington.
Roads to Glory. Chatto & Windus, London 1930 in Paul Nash dw. 1st issue in gilt lettered brown buckram.
Herbert ASQUITH (1881 -
The Volunteer & Other Poems. Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1915. Wrappers.
The Volunteer & Other Poems. Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1917. 2nd ed. with 14 additional poems.
A Village Sermon & Other Poems. Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1920. in plain dw. lacking the spine.
Other works
Roon. A Novel. Hutchinson, London n.d. in dw. First cheap edition.
Leonard BARNES (1895 -
Youth at Arms (1914 -
Harold BEGBIE (1871 – 1929). Christian author & Journalist.
Fighting Lines. Constable 1914 in pictorial dw.
Paul BEWSHER (1894 -
The Dawn Patrol. Erskine Macdonald, London Feb. 1918 2nd imp. (f.p. Nov 1917) in brown wrappers.
The Bombing of Bruges. Hodder & Stoughton, London 1918. Inscribed and dated by the author, July 1920.
Laurence BINYON (1869 -
The Winnowing Fan:Poems on the Great War. Elkin Mathews, London 1914. Wrappers. First book appearance of 'For the Fallen' which previously appeared in The Times.
The Anvil. Elkin Mathews, London 1916. In plain dw.
The Four Years. Elkin Mathews, London 1919. 2nd ed. With an engraved frontispiece of Binyon by William Strang. An anthology of Binyons' previous volumes of war poetry.
Captain C. W. BLACKALL
Songs from the Trenches. Bodley Head, London 1915 in wrappers.
Cover illustration by Helen McKie.
Edmund BLUNDEN (1896 -
Pastorals. Erskine Macdonald, London
16 June 1916. in the Little Books of Georgian Verse, Second Series. Uncut. Blunden’s' first commercial publication. Kirkpatrick, A7a. 1050 copies printed.
The Waggoner & Other Poems. Sidgwick & Jackson, London 15 August 1920.Purple cloth in pale green dw. Kirkpatrick, A8a. 500 copies printed, this probably one of the first 250 as 100 were sent to NY and the last 150 were bound in green cloth.
The Shepherd & other Poems of Peace & War. Cobden-
Masks of Time. The Beaumont Press, London 10th January 1925. no.184 of 310 copies on handmade paper. Illustrated by Randolph Schwabe. The war poems here were subsequently reprinted in 'Undertones of War'. with the bookplate of F. R. Kittermaster, Headmaster of The Kings School, Worcester. Kirkpatrick, A17a.
Retreat. Cobden-
Undertones of War. Cobden-
also 2nd ed. June 1930 in orange dw. Kirkpatrick, A28c.
Near and Far. Cobden-
Poems 1914 -
To Themis. The Beaumont Press, London 24th November 1931. No. 255 of 325 copies on handmade paper. Illustrated by Randolph Schwabe.
Kirkpatrick, A40a.
Choice or Chance. Cobden-
Poems 1930 -
Poems of Many Years. Collins 1957 in d.w. Fulsomely inscribed by Blunden in 1967.
A Selection of the Shorter Poems. J. A. White, Long Melford July 1966. Published to aid the restoration of the Great Church of the Holy Trinity, Long Melford. Kirkpatrick, A169. 2000 copies printed. Inscribed and dated by Blunden on behalf of himself and his daughter Lucy, 14 IX 66.
Other Works
The Bonadventure. A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday. Cobden Sanderson, London December 1922. Kirkpatrick, A12. 1000 copies printed.
Inscribed to Edward Marsh ‘ E. M. from E. B. [ Suave mari magno! ] Novr 30, 1922’ The quote is from Lucretius ‘ How sweet to stand on the edge of the Great Sea…’ Marsh was Churchill’s secretary, editor of the Georgian Poetry anthologies and patron of many of the War Poets. He was introduced to Blunden by Graves and they became close friends. Only a few months prior to this inscription Marsh had presented Blunden with the Hawthorndon prize for poetry 1922 for ‘The Shepherd’.
Mary BORDEN (Lady SPEARS) (1886 – 1968). Novelist & Pacifist. Set up a hospital on the Western Front 1914 – 1918. Awarded Croix de Guerre. Married Sir Edward Spears MP.
The Forbidden Zone. Heinemann, London 1929 in pictorial dw. Memoirs of her time as a nurse with several poems written at the time.
‘KLAXON’ (John Graham Bower). Writer of many accounts of the War at sea.
Songs of the Submarine. McBride, Nast & Co 1917
Archibald Allan BOWMAN (1883 – 1936). 2nd Lt., HLI. POW. Prof. of Logic, Glasgow University.
Sonnets from a Prison Camp. Bodley Head 1919 in dw. Signed by the author.
Vera Mary BRITTAIN (1893 – 1970). VAD nurse in the UK, France & Malta Fiancé of Roland Leighton.
Verses of a V.A.D. Erskine Macdonald 1918 in dw.
Verses of the War and After. Gollancz 1934.
Other Works
Testament of Youth. Gollancz 1933 in dw.
Brian BROOKE (Korongo). Capt. 2nd Gordon Highlanders. KIA 1916
The Poems of Brian Brooke. Bodley Head 1929 (fp 1917) in dw.
Rupert BROOKE (1887 -
Poems. Sidgwick & Jackson, London 4th December 1911. 500 copies printed. Keynes, 5. with a newspaper clipping of a poem on the death of Brooke by Trevor Allen inserted.
also. 27th imp. January 1920 in plain dw. The dw. only appeared with the 13th impression.
New Numbers. Vol.1, nos.1 -
1914 & Other Poems. Sidgwick & Jackson, London 16th June 1915 in dw. 1000 copies printed. Keynes, 6.
also. 15th imp. October 1916 in dw with portrait of Brooke.
The Collected Poems. Sidgwick & Jackson, London 24th July 1918. 3200 copies printed. Keynes, 13.in plain d.w.
also. 2nd ed. revised and reset. November 1928. In plain dw. The contents were here presented in chronological order for the first time with 1 new poem. Keynes 14.
The Old Vicarage Grantchester. Sidgwick & Jackson, London 14th December 1916. 2900 copies with a woodcut by Noel Rooke. Keynes, 29.
Twenty Poems. Sidgwick & Jackson, London 21st October 1935. 10,000 copies printed. In wrappers with the original green dispatch envelope. Keynes, 35.
Other works
Lithuania. Chicago Little Theatre, 1915. Cover by C. Raymond Johnson. 200 copies printed. Keynes, 38.
also. Sidgwick & Jackson 1935 in pale yellow jacket. 2000 copies.
John Webster & the Elizabethan Drama. Sidgwick & Jackson 1916 in d.w.
Rupert Brooke: A Memoir by Edward Marsh. Sidgwick & Jackson, London November 1918. First separate edition. In plain dw.
Letters from America. Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1931. Sixth Imp. in d.w.
Charles Kennett BURROW
Poems in Time of War in Time of Peace. Collins, London 1919 in plain d.w.
Review copy.
Emile CAMMAERTS (1878 -
Messines & Other Poems. John Lane 1918
Noel Marcus Francis CORBETT (Lt. Comm., Royal Navy)
A Naval Motley. Methuen & Co., London July 1916. 3rd ed.
Leslie COULSON (1889 -
From an Outpost. Erskine Macdonald, London 1917. Wrappers. Sold over 10,000 copies in first 6 months of publication.
Thomas William Hodgson CROSLAND ("X"). Editor of the Academy.
War Poems. Secker, London Oct. 1916. in red cloth.
Geoffrey DEARMER (1893 -
Poems. Heinemann, London Dec 1918 2nd imp. in blue cloth.
C. J. DENNIS (1876 – 1938). The Australian Robert Burns.
The Moods of Ginger Mick. Angus & Robertson through OUP 1917 in jacket by Hal Lye.
Bertram DOBELL (1842 – 1914). Bookseller & Publisher. Grandfather of Doug Dobell, Jazz shop owner.
Sonnets & Lyrics on the Present War. P.J. & A. E. Dobell 1915
John DRINKWATER (1882 -
Olton Pools. Sidgwick & Jackson, London Dec 1916. in plain dw.
Inscribed to fellow poet ‘To Laurence Binyon from John Drinkwater.1916’
Another copy.
Olton Pools. Sidgwick & Jackson, London Dec 1916. in plain 2nd imp.dw. Inscribed 'To Augustus John from John Drinkwater. 1916'
Loyalties. Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1919.
John FERGUSON (1871 -
On Vimy Ridge & Other Poems. Gowans & Gray 1917
James Elroy FLECKER (1884 -
The Old Ships. Poetry Bookshop, London June 1915, 2nd edition. Wrappers. Woodcut cover design by (Claude Lovat Fraser?)
F(rank) S(tuart) FLINT (1885 – 1960). Served in the army for 11 months in England.
Co-
Cadences. Poetry Bookshop, London 1915.
Wrappers with cover design by John Nash.
Hand-
Ford Madox FORD (Hueffer). (1873 -
On Heaven and Other Poems written on Active Service. John Lane, London April 11, 1918. In plain blue dw.
Other works
When Blood Is Their Argument. Hodder, London 1915.
Between St. Dennis and St. George. Hodder, London 1915.
Some Do Not. Duckworth, London 1924. + Knopf 1924 in d.w.
No More Parades. Duckworth, London 1925 in d.w.
A Man Could Stand Up. Duckworth, London 1926 in dw.
Last Post. Duckworth, London 1928 in dw.
No Enemy, A Tale of Reconstruction. Macauley, New York 1929 (not published in UK).
Capt. Charles T. FOXCROFT (1868 – 1929) MP for Bath.
The Night Sister and other poems. Methuen 1918 in d.w.
Gilbert FRANKAU (1884 -
The Guns. Chatto & Windus, London July 1916 3rd imp. Wrappers.
The Judgement of Valhalla. Chatto & Windus, London 1918. in plain dw. Tipped in envelope addressed to previous owner in Frankaus' hand and with Susan & Gilbert's Christmas bookmark.
Other works
Peter Jackson, Cigar Merchant. Hutchinson, London 1920 in dw from 199th thousand.
Three Englishmen. Hutchinson, London 1935 2nd reprint in dw
Self-
T. Argyle GALLOWAY. ?
Poemettes of Appeal. Privately printed. n.d. Inscribed by the author.
Erwin Clarkson GARRETT. 16th Infantry Battalion, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Force.
Trench Ballads & Other Verses. J. C. Winston, Philadelphia 1919. in striking pictorial dw.
Wilfred Wilson GIBSON (1878 -
Battle. Elkin Matthews, London 1916. 3rd thousand. Wrappers.
Friends. Elkin Matthews, London 1916. Wrappers. Inscribed by Gibson to Sir George Clausen, Official War Artist ('Youth Mourning') and dedicatee of Gibson's 'Thoroughfares'.
I Heard a Sailor. Macmillan 1925 in d.w. Inscribed by Gibson to Laurence Binyon.
Hazards. Macmillan 1930 in d.w. Inscribed by Gibson to Laurence Binyon.
Grace Mary GOLDEN
Backgrounds. Blackwell 1917. Wrappers.
Hampden GORDON (1885 – 1960). Worked in the War Office throughout the war. Author of a number of children’s & illustrated books. A career Civil Servant.
Our Hospital A.B.C. John Lane, London nd (1916). Illustrated by Joyce Dennys. Signed by Joyce Dennys.
Our Girls in Wartime. John Lane, London nd (1917). Illustrated by Joyce Dennys.
Rhymes of the Red Triangle. John Lane, London nd (1918). Illustrated by Joyce Dennys.
Robert GRAVES (1895 -
Over the Brazier. Poetry Bookshop, London 1st May 1916. Cover design of the Menin
Gate by Claude Lovat Fraser. Wrappers. Higginson, A1a. In custom-
Another copy. As above but faintly marked 2nd impression. (thought to have been printed from the same typeset).
Signed by Muriel St Clair Byrne, minor Oxford poetess (Aldebaran), better known for her collaborations with Dorothy L. Sayers.
Goliath and David. Privately Printed, London late 1916. 200 copies printed
in dark red heavy paper wrappers. Higginson, A2 ( Bloomsbury Book Auction, Sale 548 lot 980)
Fairies and Fusiliers. Heinemann, 8 November 1917.
1000 copies printed. in light green dw. Higginson, A3a.
with the bookplate of Baron Corvos' biographer A. J. A. Symons,
founder of the first editions club. His brother, Julian, was a
close friend of Graves. Also from the library of Joseph Cohen, biographer of Rosenberg and other WW1 poets, with his signature.
Country Sentiment. Martin Secker, March 1920. 1000 copies printed. Pale
blue cobble-
The Pier-
in plain dw. Higginson, A6a. Inscribed 'Yours ever, Robert Graves. Boars' Hill 1921' Graves and Nancy Nicholson lived in the cottage in the garden of John Masefield's house at Boars Hill from September 1919 until May 1921.
Welchman's Hose. The Fleuron, September 1925. 525 copies.
with wood engravings and cover by Paul Nash. Higginson, A16.
Poems (1914 -
Other works
Lawrence and the Arabs. Cape, London 1927 in dw
Goodbye To All That. Cape, London 1929 in dw. 2nd state without the Sassoon poem
between p. 341 -
also.2nd revised ed. Cape, London 1957 in dw.
But It Still Goes On. Cape, London 1930. 2nd state with no mention of 'The Child She Bare'
Julian GRENFELL (1888 -
War Poems from the Times: August 1914 -
Other Works
Pages from a Family Journal by Lady Desborough. Privately printed 1916. Inscribed to her ladies maid.
Ronald GURNER (1890 – 1939). 8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Headmaster of The Whitgift School, Croydon.
War’s Echo. T. Fisher Unwin, 1917
Other Works
Pass Guard at Ypres. Dent, London 1930 in d.w.
Ivor GURNEY (1890 -
Severn & Somme. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1917. in salmon coloured cloth.
War’s Embers. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1919 in dw.
Poems by Ivor Gurney. Hutchinson, 1954 in dw. Edited by Edmund Blunden
W. Henry HARRIS (?).
Britain Rings True & other poems. Privately Printed, Redruth (1914-
F. W. HARVEY (1888 -
A Gloucestershire Lad at Home and Abroad. Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1916.
Gloucestershire Friends. Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1917 in dw.
Ducks & Other Verses. Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1919.
In Pillowell Woods and other Poems. Frank Harris, Lydney 1926.
Gloucestershire. A Selection from the Poems. Oliver & Boyd, London 1947. Harvey's' first collection for 22 years. Contains many new poems.
Other works
Comrades in Captivity. A record of life in seven German prisons. Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1920 in dw..
Mary H. J. HENDERSON (?).
In War & Peace: Songs of a Scotswoman. Erskine Macdonald, April 1918. with a foreword by John Oxenham. Pale blue cloth.
A. P. HERBERT (1890 -
Half-
The Bomber Gypsy. Methuen, 1918. in red cloth.
Other works
The Secret Battle. Knopf, New York 1920
William Noel HODGSON (1893 -
Verse and Prose in Peace and War. Smith, Elder 1916. in green cloth + 3rd ed. reprint 1920 in plain d.w. Inscribed by Hodgson’s sister, Stella Tower to the bishop of St. Edmonsbury & Norwich. Their father previously held the same office.
Jimmy HOWCROFT (1893 -
The Songs of a Broken Airman. Hodder & Stoughton, 1923 in pictorial dw
David JONES (1895 -
In Parenthesis. Faber & Faber, London 1937.
in plain dw.
Herbert KAUFMAN ( 1878 -
The Song of the Guns. T. Fisher Unwin, London October 1914 in Pictorial wrappers.
Highly popular patriotic verse republished in 1918 as 'The Hell-
G. A. Studdert KENNEDY ('Woodbine Willie'(1883 -
Rough Rhymes of a Padre. Hodder & Stoughton, London 1922, 11th ed.
More Rough Rhymes of a Padre. Hodder & Stoughton 1919.
Rhymes. Hodder & Stoughton, London 1932 reprint. Collection of his 'Rough Rhymes of a Padre' & 'More Rough Rhymes'. Wrappered boards.
R. Watson KERR (1895 – 1860). 2nd Lt., MGC & 2nd Royal Tank Corps. MC
War Daubs:Poems. Bodley Head 1919
Stephen KING-
Verses from the Grand Fleet. Erskine Macdonald 1917. Purple wrappers.
Rudyard KIPLING (1865 -
The Years Between. Methuen, London 1919 dw. Livingston, 442.
Other works
The Irish Guards in the Great War 2 vol. Macmillan 1923 in dw. Signed by Kipling.
The Fringes of the Fleet. Macmillan 1915
France at War. Macmillan 1915
The New Army in Training. Macmillan 1915
Sea Warfare. Macmillan 1916
and many others.
Francis LEDWIDGE (1891 -
Songs of Peace. Herbert Jenkins, London 1917. Introduced by Lord Dunsany. in green cloth
Last Songs. Herbert Jenkins, London 1918. Introduced by Lord Dunsany in dw.
The Complete Poems. Herbert Jenkins, London 1919.in red cloth.
Joseph Johnston LEE (1876 -
Ballads of Battle.Murray 1916. Illustrated by the author in dw.
Work-
Joseph LEFTWICH ( 1892 -
Along the Years. Robert Anscombe, London 1937. No 93 of 750 copies. In plain cream dw.
Roland LEIGHTON (1895 -
Poems. Privately printed, 1993. inscribed to my wife by the authors' nephew David, April 1993 and with a letter from him. Wrappers.
Shane LESLIE (1885 -
The Epic of Jutland. Ernest Benn, London 1930 in dw. Inscribed & hand corrected by the author aboard the Aquitania in Dec. 1934
Poems & Ballads. Ernest Benn, London 1933. in cream cloth.
Winifred M. LETTS (1882 -
Hallow-
P. H. B. LYON (1893 -
Turn Fortune. Constable, London 1923. in patterned cloth.
John McCRAE (1872 -
In Flanders Fields & Other Poems. William Briggs, Toronto 1919. in plain dw. The first book appearance of what has been called the most famous poem of the war.
Patrick MacGILL (1889 -
Wounded at Loos in 1915. Irish journalist, published many books before & after the war including many on the war.
Soldier Songs. Herbert Jenkins, London 1917.
In pictorial dw.
Other works
The Amateur Army. Herbert Jenkins, London 1915
The Red Horizon. Herbert Jenkins, London 1916
The Great Push. Herbert Jenkins, London 1916. in dw
The Brown Brethren. Herbert Jenkins, London 1918
in dw. 21st thousand.
The Diggers. Herbert Jenkins, London 1919.
Fear. Herbert Jenkins, London n.d. (1925) in dw. f.p.1921.
Arthur James ('Hamish') MANN (1896 -
A Subaltern's Musings. John Long, London 1918. in purple cloth.
Frederic MANNING (1882 -
Eidola. John Murray, London 1917. In red cloth.
Other works
The Middle Parts of Fortune. Somme & Ancre, 1916. Piazza Press, London 1929. 2 volumes. no.228 of 510 copies.
Her Privates We. Peter Davis, London 1930.
Alice MEYNELL (1847 -
Poems. Burns & Oates, London 1914, eleventh thousand. In green cloth. Inscribed ‘To Dear Lady Desborough from Alice Meynell, 1917’ Library sticker from Taplow Court. Ettie Desborough was the mother of Julian & Billie Grenfell & one of the leading lights of the ‘Souls’. The parties at Taplow Court were said to be one of the highlights of the season.
A Father of Women & Other Poems. Burns & Oates, London 1917. in plain wrappers.
Harold MONRO (1879 -
Trees. Poetry Bookshop, London 1916 with 6 woodcut illustrations by James Guthrie. Limited edition of 400 copies in black paper boards.
Strange Meetings. Poetry Bookshop, London Dec.1917 2nd thousand. in wrappers.
Real Property. Poetry Bookshop, London 14th March 1922. Wrappers.
Charles MURRAY (1864 -
A Sough O' War. Constable 1917. Wrappers.
Robert NICHOLS (1893 -
Invocation: War poems & Others. Elkin Mathews, London 1915. Wrappers.
Ardours & Endurances. Chatto & Windus, London 1917. in pictorial dw. with contemporary
review from the Times tipped-
Aurelia & Other Poems. Chatto & Windus, London 1920. in cloth.
Carola OMAN (1897 – 1978). Daughter of the Historian Sir Charles Oman. Served as a nurse with the British Red Cross on the Western Front from 1916 – 1919. Novelist & Biographer, winner of the James Tate Black Memorial Prize in 1953. CBE 1957.
The Menin Road & other poems. Hodder & Stoughton, London 1919 in blue dw.
Wilfred OWEN (1893 -
Wheels: A Forth Cycle. Blackwell 1919. 1000 copies. Cover design by William Roberts.
Edited by Edith Sitwell. Dedicated to Owen. Owen's first appearance in book form
-
Poems. Chatto & Windus, London 1920. Introduction by Siegfried Sassoon & with a preface by Owen. 1000 copies. with the bookplate of Robert Cecil Owen?
The Poems of Wilfred Owen. Chatto & Windus, London 1931. Plain d.w. Compiled by Edmund Blunden. 1520 ordinary copies in UK.
Max PLOWMAN (1883 -
A Lap Full of Seed. Blackwell, Oxford 1917. in green cloth.
Shoots in the Stubble. C. W. Daniel, London 1920. in blue cloth.
Other works
A Subaltern on the Somme. Dent, London Jan. 1928 3rd imp. in dw.
Bridge into the Future. Dakers, London 1944. Letters.
Jessie POPE (1868 – 1941). Poet, Writer & Journalist.
Hits & Misses. Grant Richards 1920 in grey boards, inscribed by Pope in 1931.
Herbert READ (1893 -
Naked Warriors. Art & Letters, London 1919. In wrappers with design by Wyndham Lewis (see. W.Michel ‘Wyndham Lewis’ cat.260)
Eclogues. Beaumont Press, London Dec.20, 1919. No. 115 of 200 copies, 120 as this
on hand-
Collected Poems 1913 -
The End of a War. Faber & Faber, London 1933. In plain yellow dw.
Edgell RICKWORD (1898 -
Behind the Eyes. Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1921. in patterned cloth.
Collected Poems. Bodley Head, London 1947 in blue cloth. from the library of Allington Castle, Kent.
E. V. RIEU (1887-
The Tryst & Other Poems. Humphrey Milford 1917 in d.w.
W. F. ROLLO. L. Cpl. 1st Batt., Border Regiment.
Stray Shots from the Dardanelles. Thurnam & Sons, Carlisle 1916, 2nd ed. Inscribed by Lt. Holmes Parker, 3rd Border Regiment who has annotated the text.
Isaac ROSENBERG (1890 -
Night & Day. Privately Printed facsimile ed. Grove Press, Ilkley June 1979
No.5 of 10
Youth. Privately Printed by I. Narodiczky, London 1915. approx. 100 copies printed. Rosenberg raised the £2 10s to have this, his 2nd of 3 slim pamphlets, printed by selling 3 drawings to Edward Marsh.
Moses. Privately Printed by Reuben (Crazy) Cohen at The Paragon Printing Works, London 1916. no. of copies unknown but probably around 50. The last of Rosenberg’s’ 3 privately printed pamphlets. 11 ink corrections as called for possibly in Rosenbergs’ hand but more likely in Cohens’
Poems. Heinemann, London 1922. In plain blue dw. 500 copies printed. Introduction by Laurence Binyon. Inscribed by Annie Wynick, Rosenberg’s' sister & literary executrix. From the library of Joseph Cohen, biographer of Rosenberg in 'Journey to the Trenches'. Annie Wynick devoted her life to keeping Rosenberg’s poetry in the public eye. She died in a tragic accident in Brighton in 1961.
The Complete Poems. Chatto & Windus, London 1937. dw. 500 copies printed. Foreword by Siegfried Sassoon.
Owen RUTTER (1889 -
Tiadatha. Philip Allan, London 1935.in pictorial dw. Decorated by Richard Ogle, preface by Lord Milne. 1st single volume edition of Song & Travels of Tiadatha. (for a full appreciation see 'The Price of Pity' by Martin Stephen).
Siegfried SASSOON (1886 -
The Old Huntsman & Other Poems. Heinemann, London 3rd May 1917. in plain dw. 740 copies published in England. Erratum slip on p.5. Keynes A15a.
Four Poems. Reprinted from 'The Cambridge Magazine', No.7, Cambridge, January 1918.
A 4-
Keynes A16.
Counter-
Keynes A 17a.
Picture Show. Privately printed for the
author by J. B. Peace, Cambridge
University, June 1919. 200 copies printed
in brown paper boards. Keynes A19a.Inscribed by Joseph Cohen, Professor
Emeritus Tulane University, biographer
of several of the war poets.
Picture Show. Dutton, New York, April 1920. 2nd printing in grey cloth. 7 additional poems to that of the English edition above. Keynes A19b.
The War Poems. Heinemann, London, 30th Oct.1919 in plain dw. 2000 copies. Keynes A20.
Selected Poems. Heinemann, London April 1925 in blue cloth. 2000 copies Keynes A24.
Satirical Poems. Heinemann, London 29th April 1926 in plain dw. 1500 copies printed. Keynes A26a.
Nativity. Faber & Gwyer, London 1927. Pamphlet with cover and 1 other design by Paul Nash. No 7 of the Ariel Poems. 3500 copies. Keynes A27.
The Heart's Journey. Heinemann, London 19th July 1928 in plain dw. 2000 copies printed.Keynes A28b.
The Road to Ruin. Faber, London, November 1933 in red cloth. 3000 copies printed. Keynes A38.
Vigils. Heinemann, London November 1935 dark blue cloth in plain dw. 2000 copies printed. Keynes A39d.
Collected Poems. Faber, London 12th Sept.1947 in light green cloth. 10,000 copies printed. Keynes A52a
Other works
Memoirs of a Fox-
also Illustrated edition. Faber, London 1929. Keynes A30d.
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer. Faber & Faber, London 1930 in plain dw. 20,000 copies. Keynes A33a.
Sherston's Progress.
Faber & Faber, London Sept.1936 in plain blue dw. 15,720 copies printed. Keynes A40a.
The Complete Memoirs of
George Sherston. Faber &
Faber, London Oct.1937 in pictorial dw. 4,500 copies printed. Keynes A41a.
The Old Century & Seven More Years. Faber & Faber, London Sept.1938.
10,000 copies printed. Keynes A42.
The Weald of Youth. Faber & Faber, London Oct.1942 in dw by Reynolds Stone. 10,000 copies printed. Keynes A49a.
Siegfried's Journey. Faber & Faber, London Dec.1945 in dw by Reynolds Stone. 31,350 copies printed. Keynes A51a.
Autograph letter, signed, to a Mr. Thornburgh declining an invitation to address the Literary Circle of the National Liberal Club “ I am an unwilling public speaker, and very seldom come to London in these days”. On printed letterhead of Ben Buie Lodge, Mull, cancelled by hand to Heytesbury House, Wilts. 18:9:49. Sassoon was visiting his wife Hester at her house on Mull at this time. She had moved there 4 years earlier. From the Alan Clodd Library. Maggs Cat.1381, item 1026.
Owen SEAMAN (?). Kt.
War-
Alan SEEGER (1888 -
Poems. Constable, London 1917 in orange cloth. Contains his most anthologised poem 'I have a rendezvous with death'.
Robert SERVICE (1874 -
Rhymes of a Red-
In pictorial dw.
Edward SHANKS (1892 -
Songs. Poetry Bookshop, London 1915 in pictorial wrappers.
Poems. Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1916 in red cloth.
The Queen of China & Other Poems. Knopf, New York 1919 in plain dw.
Dora SIGERSON (Mrs. Clement SHORTER) (? -
The Sad Years. Constable, London 1918. Cream paper covered boards.
G. J. SHERVILL
The Second Flight. Duckworth 1939 in d.w.
Lancelot de Giberne SIEVEKING (1896 – 1972). DFC. Royal Naval Air Service. Shotdown & captured in 1917. Drama script editor & producer for BBC. Writer & journalist.
The Cud. Mills & Boon, London March 1922. Limited to 500 copies. The war poems here were written while Sieveking was in a German prison camp.
Inscribed by the author ‘As for this lot: This is for Scott. What a lot of rot.’
Scott Goddard wrote the incidental music for some of Sievekings’ radio plays.
Other Works
Smite & Spare Not. Cassell, London June 1933 2nd imp (fp April 1933) in dw by Paul Nash. Incribed by the author.
Silence in Heaven. Cassell, London 1936 in dw by Paul Nash.
The Eye of the Beholder. Hulton, London 1957 in photographic dw.
Osbert SITWELL (1892 -
Argonaut & Juggernaut. Chatto & Windus, London 1919 in beige cloth.
Charles SORLEY (1895 -
Marlborough & Other Poems. Cambridge University Press, 1st ed. January 1916 in
dw + 2nd ed. February 1916 with additional poem + 3rd ed. November 1916 with illustrations
in prose. All in blue cloth + 4th ed. May 1919, re-
Other Works
Letters from Germany & from the Army. Privately printed 1916. Inscribed to Sorley’s uncle James from his parents. No.5 of 60 copies.
The Letters of Charles Sorley. Cambridge Univ. Press 1919 in dw.
Sir J(ohn) C(ollings) SQUIRE (1884 -
The Survival of the Fittest. Allen & Unwin, December 1919. revised ed. Inscribed 'John Nash from J. C. Squire, 1919'
Edward de STEIN (1887 -
The Poets in Picardy. John Murray, 1919 in dw.
John STILL (?). Lt., East Yorkshire Regiment. Spent 3 years as a POW in Turkey an account of which he published as 'A Prisoner in Turkey'.
Poems in Captivity. John Lane, London 1919 in blue cloth.
Edward Wyndham ('Bim') TENNANT (1897 -
Worple Flit & Other Poems. Blackwell, Oxford 1916 in grey wrappers. Inscribed to Lady Plymouth, George Wyndham’s (Bim’s uncle’s)mistress.
Wheels. A Second Cycle. Blackwell, Oxford 1917. 1000 copies. Edited by Edith Sitwell. Cover by C. W. Beaumont. First appearance of 'The Mad Soldier'. from the library of Paul Jordan Smith (see above).
Other Works
Letters from my sons during the Great War by Pamela Glenconner. Privately printed 1916. Only one other copy traced in the University of Texas.
Edward Wyndham Tennant. A Memoir by his mother Pamela Glenconner. John Lane, London 1919 with many additional poems. Blue cloth.
Edward THOMAS (1878 -
An Annual of New Poetry. Constable, London 1917. Ed. by Gordon Bottomley. Contains 18 poems under his pseudonym 'Edward Eastaway'. With poems by Frost, Gibson, Drinkwater and others. The first substantial collection of Thomas' poems to appear in print. In plain light green dw.
Poems. Selwyn & Blount, London 1917. 525 copies. in grey boards.
Last Poems. Selwyn & Blount, London 1918 in cream boards.
Twelve Poets. A Miscellany of New Verse. Selwyn & Blount, London 1918 in original glassine d.w. Contains 10 poems by Thomas all previously published.
Collected Poems. Selwyn & Blount, London 1920. with a foreword by Walter de la Mare. In blue cloth.
Selected Poems. Gregynog Press, Newtown 24th June, 1927. No 29 of 275 copies. with an introduction by Edward Garnett. in yellow boards.
Other works
Rose Acre Papers. Duckworth, London 1910 in dw.
Cloud Castle & Other Papers. Duckworth, London 1922 with a foreword by W. H. Hudson. Bookplate of P. H. B. Lyon, WW1 Poet & Headmaster of Rugby School.
Edward THOMPSON (1886 -
Collected Poems. Ernest Benn, London 1930. in cream dw.
Other works
These Men Thy Friends. Knopf, London 1927 in dw.
Crusader's Coast. Benn, London 1929 in dw.
In Araby Orion. Benn, London 1930 in dw.
Lament For Adonis. Benn, London 1932 in dw.
Walter James TURNER (1889 -
The Hunter & Other Poems. Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1916 in contemporary home-
Other works
The Duchess of Popocatapetl. Dent, London 1939 in dw. by Edward Bawden
A satirical novel in which the hero, James Blow (based on Sassoon) goes to the war and meets various literary characters like T. E. Lawrence & Hardy. The character ‘Airbubble’ is Turner.
Katharine TYNAN (1859-
Flower of Youth. Sidgwick 1915, 2nd imp.
Herb o’Grace. Sidgwick 1918. Review Copy.
Robert Ernest VERNEDE (1875 -
War Poems & Other Verses. Heinemann, London 1917 in plain d.w.. with an introduction by Edmund Gosse in red cloth.
Alec WAUGH (1898 -
Resentment. Grant Richards, London 1918. in cream boards.
Other works
The Prisoners of Mainz. Chapman & Hall, London 1919.
Arthur Graham WEST (1891 -
The Diary of a Dead Officer. Allen & Unwin, London 1918. Ed. by C. E. M. Joad. in brown boards.
Ella Wheeler WILCOX (1850 – 1919). American author & poet of popular verse.
Hello Boys. Gay & Hancock 1918 in wrappers.
George WILLIS (?).
Any Soldier to his Son. Allen & Unwin, London 1919. Wrappers with cover design by C. R. W. Nevinson.
Theodore Percival Cameron WILSON (1889 -
Magpies in Picardy. Poetry Bookshop, London May 15th 1919. Cover design by Claude Lovat Fraser.
Margaret Louise WOODS ( ? ).
The Return & Other Poems. John Lane, London 1921 in green cloth.
Edward Hilton YOUNG ( 1879 -
A Muse at Sea. Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1919. In plain dw.
Francis Brett YOUNG (1884 – 1954). Captain, RAMC in the East African Campaign.
Five Degrees South. Martin Secker, London 1917 in wrappers.
Other Works
Marching on Tanga. Collins, 1917 in dw
Jim Redlake. Heinemann 1930 in dw
Contemporary Anthologies
“Poems of the Great War.” Chatto. (1914).
“War Poems from the Times.” Times. (1915).
“The Fiery Cross.” G. Richards. (1915).
“A Crown of Amaranth” Erskine Macdonald (1915).
“Battalion Ballads”. Clark. (1916)
“Georgian Poetry 1916 -
“An Annual of New Poetry 1917.” Constable. (1917).
“New Paths.” C. W. Beaumont. (1918).
“A Treasury of War Poetry.” Hodder. (1919).
“Oxford Poetry 1917 -
Brererton, F.“An Anthology of War Poems.” Collins.dw (1930).
Kyle, G. “Soldier Poets.” E. Macdonald. (1917).
P. Wyndham Lewis [ed.] Blast Vol.2 War Number. John Lane. (July 1915).
Nichols, R. “Anthology of War Poetry 1914 -
Osborn, E. B. “The Muse in Arms.” J. Murray. (1917).
Sitwell, Edith. "Wheels 1917 -
Trotter, J. T. “Valour & Vision.” Longmans. (1920).
My WW1 Poetry Collection