Elizabeth Madox Roberts — Under the Tree

New York, B. W. Huebsch, Inc, 1922. First edition. Hardback. Elizabeth Madox Roberts' first commercially publisher work, the first edition of this anthology of poems. The first edition.An anthology of fifty-two poems by Elizabeth Madox Roberts.Including  'The Sky', 'Milking Time', 'In My Pillow', 'Miss Kate-Marie', 'The Butterbean Tent', 'Crescent Moon', 'Babes in the Woods', 'Among the Rushes', 'Mr. Pennybaker at Church', 'The Sun and a Birch Tree', 'The Sunday Bonnet', and more.Roberts was a novelist and poet from Kentucky, known for her novels set in her home state's Washington County. This was her first book to be published by a commercial publisher.Some of these poems had appeared previously in 'The Atlantic Monthly', University of Chicago's 'The University Record', and 'The Phoenix&apos. In the original publisher's paper covered boards. Externally, smart. A few light marks to the boards. Spine is a little sunned. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine, with a very small chip to the tail of the spine. Gift inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .