Masefield, John, — Poems.

NY, Macmillan, 1941. 2nd ptg. VG in G DJ. In a 3,000 word Preface Masefield tells of the influence of Yeats, the wish for the freedom of his early verse, his poetry. experiments, his turning toward dramatic poetry, his later interest in speaking verse, and his work with verse-speaking contests at Oxford. Included are the Poet Laureate's Salt-Water Ballads, The Everlasting Mercy, and the dramatic poem the "End and the Beginning". Rose-colored binding, gilt lettering with facsimile Masefield signature. DJ edge wear and edge tanning, some tanning to inner endpapers.