Geoffrey Winthrop Young — Freedom: Poems

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1914. First edition. Cloth. A fine copy of the first edition of this collection of poetry by Geoffrey Winthrop Young in the publisher's original cloth. The first edition in the publisher's original cloth.Freedom is a collection of poems by Geoffrey Winthrop Young, published in 1914, that explores themes of nature, mountaineering, friendship, and a secular spirituality. The work is known for its traditional verse, including rhymes and rhythms, and was written during Young's life as a mountaineer and poet.With a prior owner's tasteful bookplate and classical Greek inscription to front paste down and first free endpaper. Inscription likely from the author himself, who was a classicist while at Cambridge. Young was a close friend of Mallory the mountaineer and accompanied him on a number of climbs. During the First World War he was wounded in the leg and had an amputation below the knee. Despite this, he continued to climb after the war and was one of the founders of the Outward Bound movement.  In the publisher's original cloth. Externally, excellent. Light shelf wear to the extremities. Marginal darkening of cloth to both boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. With a prior owner's tasteful bookplate and classical Greek inscription to front paste down and first free endpaper. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .