Collected Poems [Two Volumes Limited Signed Edition]

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1923. Hardcover. Edition limited to 230 sets of which 200 are for sale (this set hand-numbered #18); 7 x 9 1/2; pp. 234 vol. I (1908-1917), pp. 240 vol. II (1917-1922); white cloth over boards; gilt title; silk page marker detached but present in both volumes; top edge gilt; all edges deckled; hand-made paper; age-toning to spine and margins of covers, else minor wear; signature of previous owner to first blank page; no slip cases; overall very good or better. Signed by author in volume I.John Drinkwater was a British poet, playwright, and critic in the early 1900s. He was a supporter and promoter of repertory theater in England and in 1907 he became the producer the Pilgrim Players (chiefly presenting verse drama) which would eventually develop into the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company.