Monk Gibbon — For Daws to Peck at

London, Victor Gollancz Limited, 1929. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon presentation copy, in original dust wrapper, and inscribed to the author's friend, publisher Alister Mathews. An uncommon example of a presentation copy of this title, in its original, unclipped dust wrapper. A volume of poetry by Irish writer Monk Gibbon, friend of writers like W. B. Yeats.Bound in original brown cloth, and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper. The inscription reads 'To my friend Alister Mathews who likes poetry well enough to publish it and who was godparent to many of these poems when they first appeared at the font. Monk Feb 25th 1929&apos.This is the copy owned by Alister Mathews, who operated the Greyhound Press throughout the 1920s, through which  he published the works of his friend, the author Monk Gibbon. Mathews later collected and dealt artwork and literature. Bound in original brown cloth. In original, unclipped dust wrapper, in removable protective wrap. Externally, very smart. Very slight bumping to head and tail. Slight fading and spotting to spine. Fading to board extremities. The odd marks to boards. Slight chipping and creasing to title label to spine. Spotting to endpapers. Author's ink inscription to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper very smart. Sunning to dust wrapper spine and extremities. Mild chipping to extremities. Mild rubbing to extremities. Small tide marks to spine. The odd mark to covers. Internally, generally firmly bound. Slight strain between pp.64-65. Pages generally bright and clean, with the odd spot. Slight spotting to text block edges. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.