Song Favours.

Dalmon (C.W.)

Song Favours.

Description: FIRST EDITION, one of 450 copies, title-page design by J.P. Donne printed in black and orange, pp. [x], 77, [1], [16], small 4to, original pale green buckram with Donne design stamped in gilt to upper board and backstrip, backstrip lettered in gilt, backstrip and borders browned, one corner pushed, a couple of light marks, edges roughtrimmed and browned, free endpapers browned, the flyleaf with later ownership inscription of Rex Taylor, good

Publication Details: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1895

Notes: Inscribed by the author on the front pastedown, in the year of publication: 'With very kind regards from C.W. Dalmon, October 29, 1895'.Charles Dalmon was known as the Sussex poet, preceding Kipling and Belloc in his association with that region; he was published in the Yellow Book, and was admired by Edward Thomas, who called him a 'Modern Herrick', Siegfried Sassoon, and later John Betjeman - the latter two including him in that category of neglected poets of the late 19th century. This is his second volume of verse....moreInscribed by the author on the front pastedown, in the year of publication: 'With very kind regards from C.W. Dalmon, October 29, 1895'.Charles Dalmon was known as the Sussex poet, preceding Kipling and Belloc in his association with that region; he was published in the Yellow Book, and was admired by Edward Thomas, who called him a 'Modern Herrick', Siegfried Sassoon, and later John Betjeman - the latter two including him in that category of neglected poets of the late 19th century. This is his second volume of verse. HIDE