Rowley, Richard — County Down Songs: Poems by Richard Rowley

London, Duckworth & Co., 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A lovely exemplar of a collection of 22 poems by Richard Valentine Williams, who wrote poetry and other works as "Richard Rowley." 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. Arresting black-and-white woodcuts including at frontis, by Lady Mabel Annesley. Bound in blue cloth, black lettering to cover and spine, rubbed a bit, protected now by stiff Mylar sheet. Contents: The Lake, By Bryansford, Annalong, Up in the Mountains, On Slieve-na-Man, The Bachelorman, The Lass wi' the Frolicsome Eye, Upon A Hill-Side, The Sailor, The Truant, My Bonny Rover, The Door, Mountain and Sea, Ab Exilio, Clanawhillan, The Wood-Pigeon, Girl's Song, Day is a Prison, The Seeker, The Beggar-Man, Poachin' Tom, The Rooks. 36 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good