POEMS: Volume I, Collected Works of John Masefield.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Macmillan, 1927. dj. Hardcover - Although Masefield is also known for his novels, his children's books and his non-fiction, it was his poems - mostly long ballads, including many inspired by the sea, where he spent several years as a boy and young man - that first brought him success. His Collected Poems, first published in 1923, sold an astonishing 80,000 copies (wikipedia) which makes it remarkable that so few copies are available now. In 1930, he was appointed Poet Laureate in England, a position he held until his death in 1967. This volume includes a brief introduction by Masefield, Salt-Water Ballads, The Widow in the Bye Street, Daffodil Fields and more. vi, 446 pp.
Condition: Near fine in brown cloth over a beige spine with gilt lettering (previous owner's name) in a good only dust jacket (a long, thin strip was torn from the front cover of the dust jacket, although it is still present and protected by an archival cover Original price of 3.00 in lower corner of dj flap). Rather uncommon, and especially so in dust jacket