Walter de la Mare - Collected Poems

Faber and Faber, 1949, 9th impression. Hardback in good condition. Some age discolouration and minor foxing. Previous owner name inside. Dust jacket has been repaired and covered.

Walter de la Mare, the supreme lyric poet writing in English at the time of publication, here rearranged his work of the past 40 years, resulting in an enduring monument unequalled by other poets of his time. Every mood is mirrored.

This volume contains the Collections entitled Poems (1906), The Listeners, Motley, The Veil, The Fleeting (as these were reprinted in Poems 1901-1918 (Volume 1) and in Poems 1919-1934) and Memory. Nothing from Songs of Childhood, Peacock Pie, Bells and Grass, or any works primarily intended for children are including, nor anything from Ding Dong Bell. There are very few revisions...