Francine Pyle Robinson — Underneath the Bough

Boston, Harold Vinal, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A scarce volume of short poems containing a verse dedicated to Arctic explorer Captain Scott. From the library of his son. A very scarce first edition of this small volume of poems from Francine Pyle Robinson.Loosely inserted is a letter from the year of this work's publication, 1929, addressed to the former owner of this work, Peter Markham Scott. Reaching him at the 'Scott Polar Research Institute' in Cambridge, the daughter of the author of these poems, Eve Judith Robinson, explains that she sends him this work because 'it includes a poem about your father, we thought you might like to have a copy&apos. She explains 'he has always been our favourite hero, and she has tried to put into her verses some small measure of our feelings towards him&apos.Also loosely inserted is a second letter, this one dated 1956. It is addressed to 'Phil', likely Peter Scott's second wife Philippa Talbot-Ponsonby, he writes because 'I came upon this book, which belongs to Peter's tradition', though rather disparagingly adds 'though it does not add anything important to it&apos. It therefore may be surmised that this volume did not reach the hands of Peter Scott quite when its author intended, though did remain in is possession from 1956 until his death in 1989. In the original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Slight rubbing to perimeters. Shelf wear to spine head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .