Foliage. Various Poems

by William H. Davies

$35 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

London: Elkin Mathews, 1913. Poetry FIRST EDITION. Octavo 17 x 12cm , pp.63 1 . Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to upper board and spine. Moderately spotted throughout, mostly to first and last few leaves, margins, and textblock edges. Free from inscriptions. Gentle edgewear. Very good. Davies is known famously as a homeless poet who, in his earlier days, wrote from various London shelters and hostels. Item #73206

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