George Moore — Pure Poetry an Anthology
London , The Nonesuch Press, 1924. First edition. Vellum. A hardback copy of the now out of print Pure Poetry anthology, edited by George Moore. Pure Poetry features works by Blake, Shakespeare and Poe, amongst many others. George Moore is regarded today as a highly influential, naturalistic writer. The Modernist James Joyce cited Moore as an influence. A limited first edition it is marked 105 out of 1250 copies. in the original publisher's vellum binding with paper covered boards. With the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart with light edgwear to boards and offsetting to the endpapers. Dustwrapper sound with sunning, chipping to the head and tail of the wrap and ink mark to the front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean with just mild age toning. Text block is roughly trimmed with some pages uncut. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Good.
