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De La Mare, Walter.
Poems, 1901-1918.
Publisher: Constable and Company Limited, London;
Date of Publication: 1920
Stock Code: 10581
SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Two volumes: numbers 30 and 89 in a limited edition of 210 numbered and signed copies. Octavo, pp. ix. [1], 251, [1]; ix, [1], 250. Publisher’s grey quarter buckram with gilt titles to leather label to spine and plain grey boards. All edges uncut. Author’s signature to each limitation leaf. Spines lightly toned and foxed. Scattered light foxing, mainly to text-block edge and endpapers. Solid and square copies, almost certainly largely unread with several leaves unopened. Collected poems of Walter De La Mare, with his most famous poem, the hauntingly supernatural “The Listeners” to volume one. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery. £100.00