R. C. Trevelyan — From the Shiffolds

Dorking , [A. A. Tanner & Son], 1945-1950. First edition. Paperback. A terrific selection of Christmas poetry pamphlets gifted by R. C. Trevelyan, each one with a signed inscription. Four issues of R. C. Trevelyan's 'From the Shiffolds', a series of Christmas pamphlets offering fragments and various verses of interest. Each volume with a signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper. All but 1950 are presented to one R. W. Alston, likely the oil and watercolour painter who was for many years curator of The Watts Gallery. 1950 volume presented to one Arthur Cole. First edition. A collected edition under the same title was published by Hogarth Press in 1947.Includes volumes for the years 1945, 1947, 1948 and 1950.In the original stiff card covers.Trevelyan was an English poet and translator and follower of the lapidary style of Logan Pearsall Smith. Described as a "rumpled, eccentric poet", and sometimes considered a rather ineffectual person, he was close to the Bloomsbury Group, who called him 'Bob Trevy&apos. In the original stiff card covers. Externally, very smart, with really only mild edge wear and a couple spots or handling marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with author's inscription to the front free endpapers. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .