Ernest Rhys — The Leaf Burners: And Other Poems

London, J.M. Dent and Sons, 1918. Cloth. A charming anthology inspired by experiences visiting British and French camps during World War I, written and signed by Ernest Rhys, most famous as editor of the Everyman Library. The Leaf Burners, a charming poetic anthology, written by Welsh-English poet and writer Ernest Rhys. Published by J.M. Dent and Sons in 1918, the same year that the First World War ended.In the publisher's original cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The poet's signed inscription on the blank before the title page.Rhys, most famous as the editor of the very successful Everyman Library series of classics published by Dent in the early twentieth century, was an accomplished poet and well-acquainted with fellow writers like W.B. Yeats and George Bernard Shaw. This particular anthology is inspired by visits to camps in France and Britain during the First World War. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally, smart, with slight signs of shelf wear. Minor bumping to the tail of the spine. Slight patches of fading to the extremities of the front board, slightly heavier to the back board. Dust wrapper is generally clean, with the occasional small faint spot and signs of fading. Heavier fading and browning to the spine wrapper. Signs of shelf wear to the rear bottom edge of wrapper, and chips to the head and tail of the wrapper spine. A small split to middle of front wrapper joint, and a larger split to the rear joint of wrapper. End papers are generally bright and clean, with mild signs of offsetting. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the rare faint spot to extremities of the occasional leaf. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Good.