Robert Bridges - The Necessity of Poetry - First Edition Fantasy edges untrimmed

edges untrimmed

drab endpapers

A Commentary on T

Publisher's dark green half pebble grained cloth over patterned paper covered boards

a few small spots to top edges

Robert Bridges - The Necessity of Poetry - First Edition Fantasy edges untrimmedBRIDGES, Robert (1844 1930). The Necessity of Poetry. An Address given to the Tredegar & District Co operative Society, Nov. 22, 1917. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1918. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp. 48. Publisher's blue card wraps lettered in black to upper, sewn. A little dusty to top edge, slight toning and wear to covers. A sharp copy. Near fine. The text of an address given by the Poet Laureate.