MONKHOUSE, [William] Cosmo.
Corn and Poppies.
The fine frontispiece appears only in these large paper copies.
Bookplate of John Harold Greig - the Bishop of Gibraltar, then Guildford.
Le Gallienne admired Lane’s aptitude for gathering promising young writers such as Cosmo Monkhouse. In December 1889 he wrote to Lane saying “Corn and Poppies is a title I like much [;] it is full of suggestion”. It includes the mournful “Dead March” described by his biographer in the DNB, Austin Dobson, as “stately” and “his highest effort”.
Spine rather darkened, otherwise a very good copy.
