— Cinquante-Quatre

Cambridge, Not Stated [Privately Printed], 1917. First edition. Cloth. An incredibly scarce, anonymously published copy of illustrated war poetry. An incredibly scarce first edition selection of war poems and flying corps songs, published privately in 1917.Features a contemporary ink inscription to the front paste down - 'For 'auld lang syne'' - dated to December, 1917.Features 7 monochrome illustrated plates, tipped-in.Collated from record on RBH. Bound in original blue cloth. Externally, smart. Slight rubbing to extremities. Bumping to head and tail. The odd marks to boards. Contemporary ink inscription to front paste down. Slight age toning to endpapers. Internally, generally firmly bound, although text block somewhat loose. Pages generally bright and clean, lightly spotted throughout. Infrequent creasing to page corners. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .