Day-Lewis, Cecil

Beechen Vigil and other poems. Fortune Press, 1925, FIRST EDITION OF THE POET'S FIRST BOOK, presentation copy inscribed (twice) by the author, original wrappers, [Handley-Taylor, Day-Lewis A1], extremities of wrappers frayed with some loss; Ten Singers - An Anthology. Fortune & Merriman, 1925 [1924], THE POET'S FIRST APPEARANCE IN BOOK FORM, original wrappers, [Handley-Taylor, Day-Lewis B1]; both 8vo, collector's boxes (2)

A fine group of the former Poet Laureate's first book and first appearance in book form. The first title is inscribed with a poem ("Poet, sink the shining net | In ebb + flow. | Only there thy spoil is met | Where all tides go.") on the front free endpaper and, later, on the title-page inscribed for William Targ. It includes the bookplate of Frederic Prokosch.