J. D. C. Pellow — Parentalia and Other Poems

London, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1923 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of the vanishingly scarce first edition of J. D. C. Pellow's poetry collection, with a lengthy handwritten letter from the author, and three original poems. The first edition of this very scarce work.Inscribed 'to Kingsley Lloyd with the author's love, Christmas 1933', to the front free endpaper.Also present is a six page handwritten signed letter from the author to Lloyd, dated Christmas 1935. The letter discusses Christmas preparations, and offers seasonal greetings to the recipient and his family. He continues 'Did I tell you I have been writing a Christmas mystery? I completed it some weeks ago, but not early enough for Bobby to produce it this year, as was intended&apos. He also discusses his favourite churches in England.Loosely inserted is one typed hand initialled poem from Pellow, alongside two handwritten and signed poems, one of which is called 'Bourgeois Carol&apos.John Dynham Cornish Pellow was civil servant and poet, known as one of the Georgian Poets. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. Externally, exceptional, with minor handling marks to front board label. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with instances of light spotting. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .