The daffodil murderer ; being the Chantrey prize poem /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London] :
John Richmond Ltd.,
1913.
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Ragan Military copy contains an ALS from Siegfried Sassoon to C.E. Askew of the Daily Herald, is inscribed by Sassoon on the title page, and has "T.W.H.C." written in Sassoon's hand under "William Butler" in the preface. The Cushing Library/Ragan Military copy contains the bookseller's description and the ownership signature of C.E. Askew on the front wrapper. Preface signed: William Butler [pseud. for T.W.H. Crosland]. "Parody of John Masefield's The Everlasting Mercy...presented as if it were the Chantrey Prize poem, complete with a fake excerpt from a judge's opinion of the poem on the front wrapper" -- bookseller's description. First edition; cf. G. Keynes, A bibliography of Siegfried Sassoon, A 10. |
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| Physical Description: | 30 pages, 1 leaf 21 cm |