Madan’s bibliogaphy of the Daniel Press (item 35) notes two states of the wrappers - of which this is the earlier. The orange and green is indeed hard to make out, and later copies are printed in black. These poems were written while Binyon was working in the Department of Printed Books at the British Museum, and include several on London themes, including ‘Deptford’ and ‘In the British Museum’. He describes his working life in a letter to Robert Bridges (BL Loan MS 103): ‘The Museum on these dark days is gloomy enough, yet I am fairly happy, and don’t overwork myself. In the intervals of conversation with one’s colleagues, taking exercise (it’s nearly a quarter of a mile from my place to the Catalogue), and playing with the black cat, it is possible to catalogue from 20 to 30 books a day. This allows for reading those that are of interest.’
Wrappers lightly soiled with traces of paper-clip rust along the fore-edges and a split or two along the yapp edges. Internally clean, tight, and entirely unopened.
