John Drinkwater — Christmas Poems

London, Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1931. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of this beautifully illustrated collection of Christmas poems from English writer John Drinkwater. First edition. Illustrated with six plates. Collated complete. A collection of Christmas poems, including title such as: The Christ Child at Christmas, Dialogue at Christmas, and At Bethlehem. Written by John Drinkwater, an English poet and dramatist, known before World War I as one of the Dymock poets. Illustrated by Ernest Howard Shepard, an English artist and book illustrator best known for illustrations of the anthropomorphic animal and soft toy characters in The Wind in the Willows and Winnie-the-Pooh. In the original orange paper wraps. Externally, smart with light rubbing and chipping to the extremities resulting in minor loss. Light sunning to the spine with the odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Minor residue from a removed bookplate to the front pastedown. Good . Ill.: E. H. Shepard. Good .