Published by Duckworth, London., 1923
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
First edition. Quarto. 39 pages. The illustrations are woodcuts, the frontispiece being a portrait of the poet. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. Eleven poems, most of which are first person narratives in the voices of the Belfast poor.One of 550 copies numbered and signed by the author. Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the front free endpaper: ''To Mrs. W.E. Allen. These are her symbols,/Beauty herself abides/In the deep heart of man. Richard Rowley. 12.3.29''.Covers rubbed and darkened. Small closed to cloth at centre of spine. Good.
Published by Duckworth and Co., 1923
Seller: C P Books Limited, Oxted, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Illustrated by E M O'R Dickey (illustrator). First Edition. Water stains and small amount of brown staining on front board. Light browning and light foxing throughout. ; Woodcut portrait of the author as frontis. Each poem with a woodcut header. ; Woodcuts; 10.25 x 7.75 x 0.3"; 39 pages; Inscribed and signed on fep by author. Signed under limitation by artist. ; Signed by Author & Illustrator.