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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Unknown (illustrator). A very scarce and intimate anthology of poems by Lancashire poets William Cryer and his son James Wilfred, who has also signed the work. A very scarce poetic anthology Poems by Father and Son, by Lancashire William Cryer and James Wilfred Cryer. Singed by James Wilfred. Privately printed by Tillotson and Son in c.1923.In the publisher's original cloth, with James Wilfred Cryer's inscription and signed initials to the title leaf. Contains two illustrated portraits of father and son before each section. Collated complete.The final leaves contains reviews of previous works Lays After Labour (William) and Lyrical Longings (James Wilfred).After the death of his father, and with the assistance of Scottish poet Jessie Annie Anderson, James Wilfred wished to publish his and his father's work in one intimate anthology. Split first between William Cryer's poems, then followed by James Wilfred's, we as a reader can see how one poet has passed their talent from one poet to another. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally, smart, with the odd mark to board extremities. Slight fading to the extremities and to the spine. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. End papers are generally bright and clean, with faint spotting to the free end papers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with faint spotting to the extremities of the first and last leaves. Very Good. signed by author. book.