Charles Morgan — Ode to France

London; Edinburgh, Macmillan & Co. Ltd; R. & R. Clark, Ltd. 1942. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A fine limited edition copy of Charles Morgan's ode to France, signed by the author, with the original envelope. A signed limited edition of this work in the publisher's original paper wraps, in the original envelope. Printed the same year as the first edition, this is number eighty-nine of the three hundred and fifty signed copies printed on mould-made paper. Signed by the playwright and novelist Charles Morgan (1894-1958) to the limitation page. This poem was published three years before the end of the Second World War. It speaks of how France will once again be victorious and makes reference to the appeal of 18 June, as well as some reference to the First World War.Morgan was awarded the French Légion d'honneur in 1936 and was elected a member of the Institut de France in 1949. In the publisher's original paper wraps, in the original envelope. Externally, lovely. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Envelope is age toned with faint marks and small tears to the folds. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine .