W.E. Gladstone Solomon [William Ewart Gladstone Solomon] — Rhymes from an Eastern Battlefield

London, W. Thacker and Co. 1918. First edition. Cloth. A signed and very scarce anthology based on a South African artist's experiences serving in Italy and the Middle East during the First World War. Rhymes from an Eastern Battlefield, a very scarce war poetry anthology, written and signed by South African poet and artist William Ewart Gladstone Solomon. Published by W. Thacker and Co. in 1918, the same year that the First World War ended.In the publisher's original cloth, with the poet's signed inscription to the front free end paper.Prior to the First World War, Solomon was an artist, including creating a banner for the suffrage movement that his mother was an active member of. This anthology, based on his own experiences as a soldier in Italy and the Middle East, delves into personal reflections during his service. After the war, Solomon continued as a successful artist in South Africa. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally, fairly smart, with rubbing to the joints, heavier to the spine where label has worn. Signs of fading to the spine and marks to boards, heavier to rear board. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Minor offsetting to the end papers and the small odd spot. Poet's signature to the front free end paper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with age-toning, the small mark to the extremities of the occasional leaf, and faint spotting to final leaf. Good . Ill.: None. Good .