Frank Pearce Sturm — Eternal Helen

Oxford , Basil Blackwell, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this very scarce poetical volume from Frank Pearce Sturm. Author's presentation copy to one H. E. Powell to the front endpaper, inscribed "There are so few fine men that a writer can send his book to every one he meets".The first edition of this very scarce volume. In the original art deco cloth binding, designed by T. Sturge Moore. Frank Pearce Sturm (1879–1942) was an English poet and translator, known for his 1906 translations of Baudelaire; his short poem Still-heart is a popular favourite. Here he offers a thoughtful collections of his poems, including 'Hermas and the Daemon', 'A Dream', 'The Dead Came Dancing', 'By Candle Light' and others. Moore is perhaps better known as a poet, notably a long-term friend and correspondent of W. B. Yeats, who described him as "one of the most exquisite poems writing in England". As a wood engraver and artist he designed the covers for Yeats and others, as well as books for the Vale Press of Charles Ricketts. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with fading to the spine and gilt. Mild rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with offsetting to the endpapers and the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: T. Sturge Moore. Very Good .