William Ellery Leonard — Poems 1914-1916

None Stated, Privately Printed, 1916 . First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce privately printed First Edition of Leonard"s withdrawn WWI poetry cycle, inscribed by the author and issued only in a small handful of copies for private distribution. In the publisher's original paper wraps.An exceptionally scarce privately printed copy of this work, with no copies held institutionally.This work was withdrawn from publication prior to release. Leonard feared the poems would be misinterpreted amid rising anti-German feeling and America"s imminent entry into the war. He had only a small number of copies struck for private distribution. A cycle of poems written during the early years of the First World War exploring conscience, nationalism, pacifism and the moral psychology of conflict, balancing sympathy for Germany with anguish over global violence.Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper and signed to the title page: "For Professor and Mrs Koffler, with greetings in the common cause of a united humanity, W.E.L. Madison 1927."William Ellery Leonard (1876–1944) was an American poet, translator and professor at the University of Wisconsin, best known for The Locomotive God and his acclaimed translation of *Lucretius", a prominent humanist voice during WWI. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally, very smart. Slight age toning to extremities. Authors inscription to front free endpaper. Author's signing to title page. Slight loss to rear board where the board is slightly too short to cover the text block. Small ink mark to rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. As New . Ill.: None. As New .