Max Plowman — The Golden Heresy

London , Privately Printed, 1914 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed presentation copy of this collection of poetry by writer and pacifist Max Plowman. The very scarce first edition of the work.Signed and dedicated by the author to the front free endpaper, with the inscription reading 'To Agneta from Max July 1914&apos.In publisher's original blue cloth binding. By Mark Plowman, generally known as Max Plowman, a British writer and pacifist.Plowman signed up to Great War despite deep moral misgivings about the rightness of war. Invalided out from the Western Front, he was treated for shell shock by W.H.R. Rivers, and refused to rejoin his unit in 1918. He was tried and dismissed by the army, being lucky to avoid any further punishment. He became active in the Peace Pledge Union, and was editor of the New Adelphi, striking up a friendship with Orwell.This signed presentation copy includes works such as The Crazy Lad, The Bather, The Dawn of Day, A Marriage Song, Her Beauty, The Undertakers, and many more. In publisher's original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart. Rubbing and fading to boards, with the odd mark. Shelf wear to extremities. Rubbing to joints. Light spotting to endpapers. Author's ink inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with light age toning to edges. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .