War letters of fallen englishmen

HOUSMAN, Laurene (ed.)

Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1930

About this Item

318pp. Original publisher's black cloth boards, spine lettered gilt. With the original cream dustwrapper lettered black. Boards bright, with minor bumping to corners and ends with the spine a trifle cocked. Wrapper marked and toned, spine significantly sunned with losses to both ends, with the corresponding fading to the cloth. Endpapers toned, otherwise bright and clean throughout save light pencil markings on page 143. Laurence Housman (1865-1959) was a prolific writer, poet and illustrator whose career spanned from the Edwardian Era to the middle of the twentieth century. He was an active Suffragette, Humanist, and member of the Order of Chaeronea, a secret society dedicated to the ascetic homosexual ethos. One of only three works edited by Housman, the best-known being the universally panned A.E.H.: some poems, some letters and a personal memoir by his brother Laurence Housman (1937). Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # AQ30367

Bibliographic Details

Title: War letters of fallen englishmen

Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd, London

Publication Date: 1930

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: First edition.