The Ballad of Saint Barbara and other Verses.
London. Cecil Palmer. 1922. 8vo. 22cm, first edition, x,83p., quarter black cloth backed decorated paper boards, gilt spine titles, some leaves uncut, small woodcut on copyright page, printer's device with colophon (The Arden Press), a fine copy (Lt). Item #41360
Sullivan 54. ~ Poems written shortly after the end of World War One. The Ballad of Saint Barbara is sub-titled "St. Barbara is the patron saint of artillery and those in danger of sudden death." with others also relating to the War. With poems of four guilds: glass-stainers; bridge-builders, stone-masons; bell-ringers & "Songs of Education"
Price: $50.00
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