James Elroy Flecker — Forty-Two Poems

London, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1911 . First edition. Cloth. Poet and artist Cecil French's copy of this first edition collection of poems from British playwright and educator James Elroy Flecker. The first edition of this poetry collection from British novelist, playwright and poet James Elroy Flecker. Flecker is best remembered for his verse drama 'Hassan', a verse of which is inscribed on the clock tower of the barracks of the British army's SAS regiment in Hereford, and enduring testimony to the strength of Flecker's work.The copy of Cecil French, an artist and art collector known for his 1922 poetry collection 'Between Sun and Moon', and with French's ink inscription to the front free endpaper.Flecker published 'Thirty-Six Poems' the previous year, reissued as this new work titled 'Forty-Two Poems' in 1911, with the addition of six further never before published poems.As a poet, Flecker was notably influenced by the nineteenth century French Parnassian poets, an the philosophical ideas of Arthur Schopenhauer. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Light shelf wear to back strip tail, otherwise externally exceptional. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with only the odd spot. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .