Richard Aldington — Fifty Romance Lyric Poems

New York, Crosby Gaige, 1928. Cloth. A limited edition of lyrical poetry, one of nine-hundred copies signed by the author and printed. The first US edition of this work.  A limited edition publication, one of nine-hundred copies printed on rag paper. Signed by the author to the half title and by the printer, Bruce Rogers, to the publication page.  Bound in the original publisher's cloth binding.  A collection of translated lyrical poems by Aldington, primarily from romantic, French and Italian poets. Including verses by William IX, Duc D'Aquitaine, Giovanni Boccaccio and Lorenzo de Medici among many others. Bound in the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. With the odd mark to boards. A single, faint damp stain to front board. Sunning to spine, less so to board extremities. Bumping with very slight loss to head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with marginal age toning. The odd spot throughout. Signed by author to half title and the printer to publication page. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .