John Mahan Gover — Literary Associations with the Middle Temple

London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1935 . First edition. Paperback. A signed presentation copy of the vanishingly scarce first edition of this study of the literary figures associated with the Middle Temple. A signed presentation copy of this very scarce work.Inscribed to the front free endpaper 'J. C. B. Gover from J. M. G. 1935&apos. This work is therefore inscribed to a relation of the author, about whom little is known.Illustrated with a frontispiece.This is a lecture delivered before the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, exploring the Inn of Court"s connections with English literature. Gover highlights notable writers, poets, and dramatists who were members or had associations with the Middle Temple, including Geoffrey Chaucer, Edmund Spenser, John Ford, and William Congreve. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Back strip and wrap perimeters lightly age toned, with small losses to perimeters of rear wrap, and to head of front wrap. Closed tear to front joint, with wrap firmly held. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with only the odd spot. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .