R. D. Brodie — In Highways and Byways

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, The Torch Press, 1923 . First edition. Hardback. Very scarce signed first edition of R. D. Brodie's mournful, inquisitive sonnets and other verses. Very scarce first edition.Publisher's original hardback.Signed by the author to front free endpaper. With additional note to contents page, likely by the same hand.Lovely collection of sonnets and other verses from Robert Donald Brodie, author of Changing Voices and Other Poems (1909). Framed by both his religion and the shadow of war, Brodie's delicate lyrics investigate the extremes of joy, sorrow and loss that constitute the human experience. Featuring In Highways and Byways, The Armistice and Cast Thy Bread Upon the Waters. Publisher's original hardback. Signed by the author to front free endpaper. Additional note to the contents on page seven. Cast Thy Bread Upon the Waters "By courtesy of Christian Science Pub. Co." Appears to be in the author's hand. Externally, very smart. Slight shelf wear and marking with faint spotting to the title piece. Internally, firmly bound. Moderate spotting concentrated towards the first and last few pages and sporadically thoughout, otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .