Buy this book on-line A.P.HERBERT : The Bomber Gipsy and Other PoemsMethuen & Co., Ltd., London, 1918
First Edition (first printing). Small 8vo. xii, 84pp. Red boards lettered in white at the spine with white-stamped lettering and bordering to the upper board. Chipped at the head of the backstrip, with a little wear to the base, and the cloth a little toned and faded in places. The binding a fraction tender at several gatherings. Contemporary former owner name and date inked to the head of the front free endpaper, which also exhibits a little light uneven toning. A good bright copy. No dust wrapper. Thirty-one poems accredited here to 'Lieut. A.P.Herbert (Late Hawke Batt. Royal Naval Division)'. About two-thirds of these poems were originally printed in the pages of 'Punch'; eight are hitherto unprinted. A very early A.P.Herbert collection, just his second volume of Great War verse following 'Half-hours at Helles' (1916). Sir Alan Patrick Herbert fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. He was ultimately injured by shrapnel and invalided out, going on to be a successful author and an independent Member of Parliament for Oxford University. See Reilly pp.166-167.. Book. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: No Jacket Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of A.P.HERBERT : The Bomber Gipsy and Other Poems. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including used books, out-of-print books, rare books, livres anciens and antiquarian books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |