A collection of 22 mainly poetry volumes from the early to mid 20th Century, including D.S. Savage: 'The Autumn World', London, The Fortune Press, [1939], 1st edition, signed & inscribed by the author to the poet & crime writer Julian Symons verso FFEP, original cloth gilt; Andrew Young 'Speak to the Earth', L, Cape, 1939, 1st edition, signed to FFEP, orig. cloth; W.J. Turner: 'Pursuit of Psyche', L, Wishart, 1931, 1st edition, publishers compliment/review slip loosley inserted, orig. cloth, d/w (worn); Duff Cooper: 'Translations and Verses', L, The Dropmore Press, 1949, limited edition (421/600), orig. cloth, d/w (slightly worn); D.H. Lawrence: 'The Collected Poems of D.H. Lawrence. Volume One Rhyming Poems. Volume Two Unrhyming Poems', L, Martin Secker, September 1929, 2nd printing, 2 volumes, uniform original cloth gilt; C.H. Lay: 'In and Out', L, The Swan Press, 1930, 1st edition, orig. quarter vellum, dust wrapper, collection of 36 poems by the Suffolk poet; Bernard Gutteridge: 'Traveller's Eye. Poems', L, 1947, 1st edition, signed & inscribed by the author to John Yeoman on FFEP "John Yeoman with my love Bernard. West Knoyle '34 to Chelsea '47", orig. cloth gilt; Archibald MacLeish: 'Poems', L, 1935, 1st edition, ownership signature of Bernard Gutteridge at head of FFEP, with later inscription to John Yeoman beneath from Gutteridge, orig. cloth; 'The Chapbook A Miscellany (No.39) 1924', Poetry Bookshop, 1924, illustrations by Edward McKnight Kauffer and Terence Prentis, original pictorial paper covered boards (lacks backstrip); WIllem van Doorn: 'Of the Tribe of Homer', Amsterdam, 1932, signed and inscribed by author to John Yeoman on half title and with two Autograph Letters Signed by van Doorn to Yeoman loosely inserted, orig. wraps; T.R. Henn: 'The Lonely Tower. Studies on the Poetry of W.B. Yeats', L, Methuen, 1950, 1st edition, Typed Letter Signed by author to John Yeoman loosely inserted, orig. cloth, d/w (worn with losses); James Laver: 'Whistler', 1930, 1st edition, signed & inscribed to John Yeoman, orig. cloth gilt; plus 9 others. From the estate of John Richard Harding Yeoman (1916-1988), Copy Writer and Director for several Advertising Agencies, Assistant Secretary (Publicity) for the Council for the Protection of Rural England, Borough Councillor for Kensington and Chelsea, Governor of the Chelsea School of Art, and lover of art, poetry and books. John Yeoman’s first wife was Antonia Yeoman, née Beryl Antonia Thompson (1907-1970), the Australian-English commercial artist, cartoonist and illustrator who worked under the name “Anton” (22)
A collection of 22 mainly poetry volumes from the early to mid 20th Century, including D.S. Savage: 'The Autumn World', London, The Fortune Press, [1939], 1st edition, signed & inscribed by the author to the poet & crime writer Julian Symons verso FFEP, original cloth gilt; Andrew Young 'Speak to the Earth', L, Cape, 1939, 1st edition, signed to FFEP, orig. cloth; W.J. Turner: 'Pursuit of Psyche', L, Wishart, 1931, 1st edition, publishers compliment/review slip loosley inserted, orig. cloth, d/w (worn); Duff Cooper: 'Translations and Verses', L, The Dropmore Press, 1949, limited edition (421/600), orig. cloth, d/w (slightly worn); D.H. Lawrence: 'The Collected Poems of D.H. Lawrence. Volume One Rhyming Poems. Volume Two Unrhyming Poems', L, Martin Secker, September 1929, 2nd printing, 2 volumes, uniform original cloth gilt; C.H. Lay: 'In and Out', L, The Swan Press, 1930, 1st edition, orig. quarter vellum, dust wrapper, collection of 36 poems by the Suffolk poet; Bernard Gutteridge: 'Traveller's Eye. Poems', L, 1947, 1st edition, signed & inscribed by the author to John Yeoman on FFEP "John Yeoman with my love Bernard. West Knoyle '34 to Chelsea '47", orig. cloth gilt; Archibald MacLeish: 'Poems', L, 1935, 1st edition, ownership signature of Bernard Gutteridge at head of FFEP, with later inscription to John Yeoman beneath from Gutteridge, orig. cloth; 'The Chapbook A Miscellany (No.39) 1924', Poetry Bookshop, 1924, illustrations by Edward McKnight Kauffer and Terence Prentis, original pictorial paper covered boards (lacks backstrip); WIllem van Doorn: 'Of the Tribe of Homer', Amsterdam, 1932, signed and inscribed by author to John Yeoman on half title and with two Autograph Letters Signed by van Doorn to Yeoman loosely inserted, orig. wraps; T.R. Henn: 'The Lonely Tower. Studies on the Poetry of W.B. Yeats', L, Methuen, 1950, 1st edition, Typed Letter Signed by author to John Yeoman loosely inserted, orig. cloth, d/w (worn with losses); James Laver: 'Whistler', 1930, 1st edition, signed & inscribed to John Yeoman, orig. cloth gilt; plus 9 others. From the estate of John Richard Harding Yeoman (1916-1988), Copy Writer and Director for several Advertising Agencies, Assistant Secretary (Publicity) for the Council for the Protection of Rural England, Borough Councillor for Kensington and Chelsea, Governor of the Chelsea School of Art, and lover of art, poetry and books. John Yeoman’s first wife was Antonia Yeoman, née Beryl Antonia Thompson (1907-1970), the Australian-English commercial artist, cartoonist and illustrator who worked under the name “Anton” (22)
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