Ronald Bottrall — The Turning Path

London, Arthur Barker Limited, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A smart signed first edition of this collection of poems by Ronald Bottrall, with the original glassine wrap. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper in presentation to Oswald Darrell, dated Christmas 1939. With the vanishingly scare original glassine wrapper. A collection of poetry containing a number of poems which had appeared in periodicals prior to this volume. With titles including: Twilight Gods, Genesis, and Lost Heaven.  Written by Francis James Ronald Bottrall, a Cornish poet who was praised highly by his contemporaries, including F. R. Leavis, Anthony Burgess, and Martin Amis, amongst others. In the original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with light wear to the extremities. Original glassine wrapper is worn with loss to the panel edges and the head of the spine. Tears and sunning to the extremities with creases across the rear panel. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with age toning to the endpapers. Author's ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Good Only.