W. H. Davies - The Bird of Paradise - First Edition

DAVIES, W. H. (1871-1940).

The Bird of Paradise and other Poems.

London: Methuen & Co.Ltd., 1914.

FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.86; [2]; [8 of publisher's advertisements]. Publisher's grey paper covered boards lettered in black to spine and upper, fore and tail edges untrimmed. Lacking the dust-jacket.

Copious hand-written poems to first few and last leaves, not in the body of the text, possibly by Phyllis Pearsall. Spotting to edges, some light handling to covers. Very good.