pseud. Rowland Thirlmere [John Walker] — New Poems

London, Selwyn and Blount, 1920. Cloth. A very scarce anthology with Romantic influence, signed and written by Lancashire poet Rowland Thirlmere, the pseudonym of John Walker. A very scarce anthology, written and signed by Lancashire poet and author Rowland Thirlmere, the pen name of John Walker. Published by Selwyn and Blount in 1920.In the publisher's original paper boards, with the author's signed initials and inscription to the front free end paper.Joining the Manchester Literary Club in 1888, Thirlmere started out writing Idylls of Spain, a light-hearted travelogue, before moving onto his first poetry book A Woman of Emotions, and Other Poems, published in 1900. This particular anthology, written in the latter half of his career as a poet, reflects his feelings towards the First World War and poems inspired by the Romantic tradition. In the publisher's original paper boards. Externally, smart with the rare small mark. Slight fading to the extremities, heavier to the spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Offsetting to end papers. The poet's signed initials and inscription to the front free end paper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a red line of ink through leaf p.53 and small red ink mark to top edge of p.17. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .