Andrew Lang [editor] — Poets&Apos; Country

London, T. C. & E. C Jack Ltd, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this work that explores the poets and their places, with colour illustrations throughout. First edition. Illustrated with fifty coloured plates. Collated complete. This volume traces the relation of poets with the aspects of their homes and countries, or with the scenes where they built their homes. The images within the book are of places associated with the poets either through their lives or scenes that are sources of inspiration. Edited by Andrew Lang, a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. With various contributors. Illustrated by Francis S. Walker, a British landscape painter. In the original burgundy cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine. Internally, very bright and clean with the odd spot. Age toning to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: Frances S. Walker. Very Good .