The Bomber Gipsy and Other Poems.

A.P.HERBERT.

Published by Methuen & Co., Ltd., London, 1918

About this Item

First Edition (first printing). Small 8vo. xii, 84pp. Red boards lettered in white at the spine with white-stamped lettering and bordering to the upper board. Chipped at the head of the backstrip, with a little wear to the base, and the cloth a little toned and faded in places. The binding a fraction tender at several gatherings. Contemporary former owner name and date inked to the head of the front free endpaper, which also exhibits a little light uneven toning. A good bright copy. No dust wrapper. Thirty-one poems accredited here to 'Lieut. A.P.Herbert (Late Hawke Batt. Royal Naval Division)'. About two-thirds of these poems were originally printed in the pages of 'Punch'; eight are hitherto unprinted. A very early A.P.Herbert collection, just his second volume of Great War verse following 'Half-hours at Helles' (1916). Sir Alan Patrick Herbert fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. He was ultimately injured by shrapnel and invalided out, going on to be a successful author and an independent Member of Parliament for Oxford University. See Reilly pp.166-167. Seller Inventory # ARC94029

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Bomber Gipsy and Other Poems.

Publisher: Methuen & Co., Ltd., London

Publication Date: 1918

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition