Poems
New York: B.W. Huebsch. Inc., [1921].
Price: $1,750.00
Hardcover. First American edition, from the English sheets. Small quarto. 33pp. Frontispiece portrait photograph. Papercovered boards gilt. Later owner's name dated in 1939, bottom 1/2" of paper eroded at the foot of the spine, faint small stains on the boards, a couple of light tape stains on the endpapers, else a presentable very good copy.
Item #530517
Wilfred Owen
birth name: Wilfred Edward Salter Owen
born: 3/18/1893
died: 11/4/1918
Biography
English poet noted for his anger at the cruelty and waste of war and his pity for its victims. He also is significant for his technical experiments in assonance, which were particularly influential in the 1930s. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore