The Collected Poems of A. E. Housman

Author A. E. Housman Title The Collected Poems of A. E. Housman Publication Details London: Jonathan Cape, 1939. Hardback. Condition Very Good in Good dust jacket. The book is well preserved with tight binding and square boards. Text block sound with bright, clean pages and the characteristic ragged page edges of the period. Light foxing to the front endpapers. The dust jacket is present but worn, with loss to the lower front right corner and tears along the spine; now suitable for protective archival sleeve. Overall, a solid and attractive copy. Description A collected edition of the poetry of A. E. Housman (1859–1936), bringing together the celebrated works of one of the most influential English poets of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Housman is best known for A Shropshire Lad and Last Poems, whose restrained lyricism and themes of mortality, youth, and rural England secured his place among the most widely read poets of his era. Published shortly after Housman’s death, this Jonathan Cape edition gathers his principal poetic works into a single volume and reflects the continuing popularity of his poetry in the interwar period.…