A Trophy of Arms: Poems 1926-1935

First edition, [1936]. Preface by James Stephens. Lyrical and philosophical poems collected from a decade's work; the collection won the 1937 Hawthornden Prize. Original red cloth with gilt lettering on dark panels, in printed dust jacket. Cloth well preserved; light foxing to the edges and preliminary leaves. Jacket toned and marked, with small edge chips and tears; original 5s. price retained. In a clear protective sleeve. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked. From the private collection of a Cambridge academic.