A. E. Housman — More Poems

London, Jonathan Cape, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. First trade edition of A. E. Housman's final poetry collection, published posthumously the year of his death. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper.With a frontispiece portrait of the author.A collection of poems by A. E. Housman, author of A Shropshire Lad. Published posthumously, this work marks the final selection of his poems, often characterised by their simplicity and distinctive imagery. Housman was one of the foremost classicists of his age, ranked as one of the greatest scholars of all time.The present volume contains poems such as "O youth whose heart is right", "I promise nothing: friends will part", "Tarry delight, so seldom met" and "He, standing hushed, a pace or two apart". Most poems were printed here for the first time and reflect the author's homosexuality. In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart with only slight bumping and rubbing and marginally more prominent marking, particularly to rear board. Wrap suffers more from discolouration and features closed tears along edges and minor loss to spine head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Very bright and clean copy with the exception of light spotting, predominantly to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Francis Dodd. Very Good/Very Good.