Various — Oxford Poetry

Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1926-1932. First edition. Hardback. Five smart first edition volumes from the Oxford Poetry collection for the years 1926 to 1932. Five volumes. First edition. A collection of poetry from the Oxford Poetry collection which was issued from 1915. With contributions from writers such as: W. H. Auden, Cecil Day-Lewis, Wyndham Ketton-Cremer, Clere Parsons, Norman Cameron, Mary Crozier, J. P. Scott, Gilbert Highet, A. Lloyd Owen, and Austin Faricy. Edited by This set contains: Oxford Poetry 1926, 1926. Edited by Charles Plumb, a British poet and author, and Wystan Hugh Auden, a British-American poet. Oxford Poetry 1927, 1927. Edited by Wystan Hugh Auden and Cecil Day-Lewis, an Anglo-Irish poet and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom. Oxford Poetry 1928, 1928. Edited by Clere Parsons, an English poet. Oxford Poetry 1931, 1931. Edited by Bernard Spencer, an English poet, translator, and editor, and Richard Goodman, a British writer and poet. Oxford Poetry 1932, 1932. Edited by Richard Goodman. In the original paper covered boards. Externally, sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Light sunning to the spines with the odd small mark to the boards. Light loss to the spine of 1926 and 1927. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with scattered spotting and the odd pencil annotation. Light age toning to the endpapers with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Good . Ill.: None. Good .