John Langdon Jones — Mid Light and Shade

New York, Duffield and Company, 1921 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this collection of verse, a presentation copy signed and inscribed by the author, John Langdon Jones. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper: "To J. Brett Langstaff, Friend of my Harvard days - and long afterwards, John Langdon Jones. May 13, 1928."A charming collection of verse by John Langdon Jones. With poems including "Rough Diamonds," "Expectancy," "Thoughts of an April Day," "When I Consider," "Vocations," "The Passing of Summer," "Culled," "Mont Blanc," "The Gray Sea-Bird Has Left the Waves," and "Lines Written to My Mother on Her Birthday," among many others. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, smart. Slight discolouration to upper perimeters of paper boards. Very slight cracking to upper extremities of joints, holding firm. One or two small indentation marks to rear board. Slight discolouration and rubbing to spine label. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Author's inscription to front free endpaper. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots to first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .