Printed By Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. Brown paper covers. Rusty staples and centre folded pages are loose. Some scattered foxing throughout. 26pp. No inscriptions. Scarce.
"His first true publication was The Beggar, printed by Whitcombe & Tombs in an edition of 1000 copies and published by Mason privately in 1924. So disappointed by the lack of interest locally was the young poet that he is supposed later to have dumped a bundle of 200 copies in the Waitemata Harbour." from Read NZ Te Pou Muramura