Richard Rowley — Apollo in Mourne: A Play in One Act

London, Duckworth & Co., 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A one-act play by Richard Valentine Williams, who wrote poetry and other works as "Richard Rowley," and SIGNED by A.S. Carey (said to be his own mother). Rowley was born in 1877 in Belfast and at 16 entered the family manufacturing firm McBride and Williams before in 1931 being appointed Chairman of the Northern Ireland Unemployment Assistance Board. He became eventually a celebrated poet and editor of Mourne Press. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, bound in pumpkin-colored cloth, half-toned a bit, mildly soiled, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Protected by stiff Mylar coat, mildly soiled and rubbed. Else and withal, a nice copy. 37 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Other. . Very Good