Cagoule

A Collection of Crown Classics

1947 · 918T84 — London: The Grey Walls Press 1947-1953. Hardback. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. Six smart volumes of collections of poetry from the Crown Classics series. Six volumes. Crown Classics. First thus. This set contains: Selected Poems of William Wordsworth 1947. With an introduction by Montgomery Belgion a French-born British author and scholar. A Selection of Poems by Coventry Patmore 1948. Edited and introduced by Derek Patmore a British writer and war correspondent who was the great grandson of Coventry Patmore. A Selection of Poems by Algernon Charles Swinburne 1948. Edited and introduced by Henry Treece a British poet and writer who also worked as a teacher and editor. Thomas Hood Selected Poems 1948. Selected and introduced by Clifford Dyment a British poet literary critic editor and journalist. Robert Burns Poems 1949. Selected and introduced by Christopher Murray Grieve under his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid a Scottish poet journalist essayist and political figure. Selected Poems of Thomas Gray 1953. Selected and introduced by John Rodgers a British writer and journalist. In the original pictorial paper covered boards. Externally smart with light bumping and minor chipping to the extremities. Light sunning to the spines with the odd small mark to the boards. Original unclipped dust wrappers to William Wordsworth and Robert Burns with light wear to the extremities and sunning to the spines. The odd small mark to the panels with small closed tears to the head of the spine of William Wordsworth. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with minor age toning and the odd spot to the extremities. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed The Grey Walls Press hardcover