G.H Johnstone [George Harcourt Johnstone] — Ten Sonnets

Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1921. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce poetry anthology, previously owned by peripheral member of the Bloomsbury Group Roger Senhouse, written by George Harcourt Johnstone. Ten Sonnets, a very scarce poetry anthology, written by British author, diplomat and Liberal politician George Harcourt Johnstone. Only three copies of this work are held institutionally in the UK, including at the British Library, National Library of Wales, and University of Oxford Libraries. In the publisher"s original green paper wraps. Contains the signature of Roger Senhouse to the top corner of front wrapper. Senhouse was an English publisher and peripheral member of the Bloomsbury Group, most famous for his relationship with Lytton Strachey.  A talented poet, this anthology of Johnstone"s was published a year following him winning the Newdigate Prize for outstanding verse in 1920. Johnstone was a founder of the Georgian Group and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.     In the publisher"s original green paper wraps. Externally, front and rear wraps loose from main text. Slight browning to wraps, and signs of creasing to extremities. Pastedowns are generally bright and clean with a couple of small marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .