In Flanders Fields and Other Poems. With an Essay in Character by Sir Andrew Macphail.

McCRAE, John.

Published by New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1919

About this Item

First American edition, first printing, issued simultaneously with the Canadian edition. This is the first appearance of this poem in book form. John McCrae (1872-1918) was a Canadian physician who served as a medical officer in the Boer War and during the second battle of Ypres. "In Flanders Fields", McCrae's most famous poem, was originally published in Punch magazine in December 1915 and is printed here posthumously. McCrae began composing the poem after the death of his friend Alexis Helmer on 2 May 1915. The poem helped popularize the poppy as a symbol of remembrance. Octavo. Frontispiece with tissue guard, 3 plates including 2 facsimiles, one of an autograph copy of the poem and one of a sketch by the author. Original blue straight-grain cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover lettered in gilt within decorative oval frame, border to front cover blocked in blind, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Housed in a custom blue quarter morocco cloth slipcase, spine lettered in gilt, with matching chemise. Front panel of dust jacket loosely inserted. Spine and extremities rubbed, couple of marks to rear cover; spine of slipcase a little rubbed. A better than very good copy.

Seller Inventory # 176221

Bibliographic Details

• Title: In Flanders Fields and Other Poems. With an Essay in Character by Sir Andrew Macphail.
• Publisher: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1919
• Edition: 1st Edition