Ian Hamilton — Now and Then

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1926. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed first edition of this interesting collection of poems reflective of Hamilton's life and extensive military career, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition.Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a charming etched frontispiece by William Strang. Collated, complete. A striking collection of poems reflective of Hamilton's life and extensive military career, including such titles as: "Weakeness and Weariness," "The Wish," "The Conflict," "On an Egyptian Sculpture," "To R.H. 1916," "The Poke of Dreams," "The Stone," and many othersSigned and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper: "To help Andrew to remember the years of ups and downs - scrapes & scoops - during which we worked together in closest partnership. Ian Hamilton, 27-7-26" In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Very slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. One or two light spots to spine and title labels. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Slight fading to spine. Dust wrapper, very smart. One minor ink mark to rear wrap. One small closed tear to upper perimeter of front wrap. sligth shelf wear resulting in the odd very slight chip to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd light spot, heavier to first and last few leaves and fore edge. Near Fine . Ill.: William Strang. Near Fine/Near Fine.