Francis Thompson — New Poems

Westminster, Archibald Constable and Co. 1897. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition anthology of the poems of Francis Thompson. The first edition of this work. An uncommon volume. One of three anthologies published before his death.Anthology of the poems of English poet Francis Thompson. Containing poems of sight and insight, 'A Narrow Vessel,' miscellaneous odes and verses, and 'Ultima.' Before he published his first volume, Thompson was a doctor who became homeless and addicted to opium. he was taken in by Wilfrid and Alice Meynell in 1888, publishing his first volume in 1893. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally with some shelf wear, damp marks to front and rear board, front joint only starting to head, boards holding firm. Library bookplate to front pastedown, neat previous owner's gift inscription to front free endpaper, dated 1897. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Good . Ill.: None. Good .