Alfred Notes — Rada a Belgian Christmas Eve

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1915. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this one act play by Alfred Noyes, in the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of the work.  In the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper.  With four illustrations after Goya. Collated complete.  'Rada: A Belgian Christmas Eve' is a one-act play published during the early months of the First World War. It is one of Noyes's most powerful dramatic works and reflects the outrage felt in Britain at the German invasion and occupation of Belgium in 1914. In the original cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally in excellent condition. Offsetting to endpapers. Dust wrapper is smart with the occasional chip to the extremities. Rubbing and marks to wrap. Sunning to spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with dusting to fore edge. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.