Collin Brooks — Echoes and Evasions

London, Lovat Dickson, 1934. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce work of poetry in the publisher's original cloth, signed by the author to the first free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth. Signed by the author to the first free endpaper. Dedicated to a C. B. Cochran, noted theatre manager and impresario. Collin Brooks (22 December 1893 – 6 April 1959), frequently known as "CB", was a British journalist, writer, and broadcaster. In 1913 he founded the Manchester Press Agency. In 1915 he joined the British Army, where he was awarded the Military Cross as a 2nd Lieutenant.  In the publisher's original cloth. Externally, smart with minor shelf wear to the extremities and bumping to spine head and tail. Fading to spine. Very slight marginal fading to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .