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 to his esteemed professor. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. First edition. Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper:  "A mon professeur bien estimé, Jean Baptiste Beck, avec les compliments de ton élève John Langdon Jones. "Tout ce qui n"est point prose, est versÂÂ-" Ici on ne lit ni l"un ni l"autre."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, generally smart. Slight discolouration and soiling to boards. The odd minor handling mark and spot to boards. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight scratch to front board above spine label. Author's inscription to front free endpaper. Slight offsetting and the odd spot to endpapers. Internally, generally firmly bound. Hinges strained in places, but firm. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot and handling mark to fore edge and first and last few leaves. One or two creases to upper fore edge of the odd leaf. Loss to fore edge of page 5 where uncut leaf has been roughly opened, not affecting the text. Good . Ill.: None. Good .