Rupert Buxton.

£250 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

presentation copy inscribed by Rupert Buxton's mother An inscribed presentation copy of this privately published posthumous collection of poems by Rupert Buxton (1900-1921), with a memoir of his life by his friend the historian Arthur Bryant (1899-1985), who knew Buxton from their days at Harrow School. Our copy is inscribed by Buxton's mother to his cousin 'Christian in memory of Rupert from Aunt Annie [Lady Anna Louisa Matilda Buxton, née O'Rorke], Dec. 1926'. Buxton tragically drowned with his close-friend Michael Llewelyn Davies (1900-1921), the foster son of J.M. Barrie and one of the original inspirations for Peter Pan and the 'Lost Boys', whilst swimming near Oxford in 1921. First edition, inscribed presentation copy; 8vo (19.5 x 15 cm); inscribed in pen to front free endpaper, photographic portrait frontispiece, occasional spotting; publisher's blue cloth, upper-cover lettered in gilt within double-rule border,spine and rear cover slightly faded, very good; 63, [1]pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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