Kenneth Hare — New Poems

London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. Scarce signed first edition of post-war poetry from English writer Kenneth Hare. Scarce first edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Presentation copy. Signed by the author with an inscription to Doctor and Mrs Parsons to the front free endpaper, dated May 1929.With an introduction by Douglas Jerrold.The third poetry collection from English writer Alfred Kenneth Hare, whose previous titles include Green Fields (1911) and Three Poems (1916). Following the publication of New Poems, Hare would write a series of non-fiction works on the history of London and Britain. This volume published in the post-war years, Hare draws from Romanticism to craft verses on life, love and travel. In publisher's original cloth binding. Presentation copy. Signed by the author with an inscription to Doctor and Mrs Parsons to the front free endpaper, dated May 1929. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing to edges and spine tips. With the odd mark and minor spotting to title piece. Internally, binding tender in places but otherwise firmly bound. Moderate spotting throughout, heavier to the first and last few pages. Small pencil mark to page 96. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .