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[Walter de la Mare]. Walter Ramal. Songs of Childhood....
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[Walter de la Mare]. Walter Ramal. Songs of Childhood. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902.Small 8vo. Illustrated frontispiece after Richard Doyle. Publisher's blue cloth, spine backed in vellum and stamped in gilt, gilt-stamped device to front board; quarter morocco slipcase.
FIRST EDITION OF DE LA MARE'S RARE FIRST BOOK, published under the pseudonym Walter Ramal. WITH AN AUTOGRAPH POEM SIGNED BY THE POET tipped-in after the contents, signed: "'Walter Ramal.'"
The autograph poem consists of two stanzas from "The Phantom," published in the present text on pp. 61-67. The two stanzas in de la Mare's hand appear on page 65 and are, in full: "'Thorn, thorn, I wis / And roses twain, / A red rose and a white, / Stoop in the blossom, bee, and kiss / A lonely child good-night. / 'Swim fish, sing bird, / And sigh again, / I that am lost am lone, / Bee in the blossom never stirred / Locks hid beneath a stone!' -" Also with A TWO-PAGE LETTER SIGNED BY THE POET tipped-in after the title page, signed: "W. J. de la Mare." The signed letter refers to the tipped-in poetry excerpt, and all are presumed to have been sent to Mr. Hutchinson, whose ink ownership and library number are written in purple ink on the front pastedown.
Condition: Mild wear and some staining to cloth; light thumbsoiling and minor edgewear. A few scattered pale spots to text, confined to the margins.
References: Hayward 315.
Provenance: Thomas Hutchinson (ink ownership to front pastedown). From the William A. Strutz Library.
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2024 December 11 Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part II, Rare Books Signature® Auction #6300 (go to Auction Home page)
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