first edition Paperback
1919 · Salonica
by Rutter, Owen, 1889-1944
Salonica: Published during the War, 1919. 1st separate ed.(?). Paperback. Very Good. [10], 114p. Original gray wrapper. 16cm. Foxing on a few leaves at both ends. Browning on some leaves. Reprinted from the Balkan News (in which it appeared serially). B. S. F. Library: Vol.2. Poetry about the coming of age of a young British man of privilege during the Salonika Campaign in World War I. It was based loosely on (or was a parody of) Longfellow's "The Song of Hiawatha." It was quite popular in its later British editions. This Salonica edition is quite uncommon. (Inventory #: 84013)