THE TAKING OF HELEN.
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1923.
Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Limited Edition Signed by Masefield, Poet Laureate of England for thiry- seven-years. This being Number 199 of 750 cc. Slim 8vo. 98 pp. Near fine in publisher's original 1/4 black cloth and teal blue paper covered boards, gilt lettering on the spin e. Paper label in black and beige on the front board. Poet, novelist, dramatist and journalist, John Masefield's rich and varied literary career, remains recognized for his wide range, encompassing ballads, nature poetry, mythological narrative and for his attempt to make poetry a popular art. "I must go down to the seas again to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife; And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow rover, And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over." A lovely copy indeed.
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