Last poems /
Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936)
Category
Books
Date
1922
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3150527
Summary
Bibliographic description
78, [2] p. ; 8vo. Loosely inserted : 1) single leaf manuscript poem ("First poems") with pencil signature in separate hand : "Dorothy Wellesley" ; insect damage to sheet, but text legible ; 2) press cutting, review of Housman's Last poems, by J.C. Squire, from unknown publication, undated. Pencil manuscript dated in contents. Provenance: inscribed in pencil : "V from A. Oct / 22" [i.e. Vita Sackville-West, 1892-1962, from Avrile, i.e. Dorothy Wellesley (1889–1956)]. Binding: blue publisher's cloth, gold lettered.
Makers and roles
Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936)