Gertrude Bone — The Furrowed Earth

London, Chatto & Windus, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition anthology of nature themed poems by Gertrude Bone, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A lovely anthology of poems by Gertrude Bone.This collection has themes of earth and nature, poems including 'The Cornfield', 'Light the Fugitive', 'Coming of Spring', 'The Silver Hazel', 'Snow in Harvest', and more.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and eight plates, by the author's son, Stephen Bone.Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Dust wrapper is worn, lacking the backstrip, wraps are detached from one another. Light edge wear to the wraps, with small chips and closed tears. Wraps are a little age-toned with some spots, including spots to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Stephen Bone. Fine/Good Only.