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    By John S. Arkwright
    London   Skeffington And Son. LTD.
    8.5" by 6.5" xvi, 78, [1]pp.
    A moving collection of First World War poetry by john S. Arkwright, with 10 beautifully illustrated plates.
    By John S. Arkwright

    1919 The Supreme Sacrifice And Other Poems in Time of War

    London   Skeffington And Son. LTD.
    8.5" by 6.5" xvi, 78, [1]pp.
    A moving collection of First World War poetry by john S. Arkwright, with 10 beautifully illustrated plates.
    £150.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 983G28
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    Description

    First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

    The first edition of the work.

    Bound in publisher's original full black rexine. With gilt to top edge.

    Includes 10 beautiful plates. Collated, complete. 

    A moving collection of poems by John Stanhope Arkwright, a British Conservative Party politician, first written and published during the Great War, especially in its concluding stages.

    The Supreme Sacrifice is a poem remembering the fallen of the First World War, and was set to music by Charles Harris, creating the well known hymn O Valiant Hearts which features prominently in annual Remembrance Day services. 


    Condition

    In publisher's full rexine. Externally, excellent. Light shelf wear to head and tail of the spine and extremities of boards. Small mark to rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.

    Fine

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