Kipling Rudyard

1905 · ref. 960Z24 — Leeds: J. W. Bean & Son 1905. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A very scarce anthology of verse for children collected from the works of the most eminent poets and inscribed by Holbrook Jackson's brother. The first edition the paperback variant.A very scarce work.Inscribed by Holbrook Jackson's brother: 'To G.H. from J.C.J 9.5.05'. With an owner's stamp to the title page belonging to 'M. G. Jackson' a member of Jackson's family. The third published work of Holbrook Jackson an anthology of verse for children. A charming anthology compiled "with the idea of appealing to the capacity for wonder and delight in the things of daily life and the more real things of the imagination". Including selections of the poetical works of William Blake Rudyard Kipling William Morris Shakespeare Christina Rossetti Alfred Lord Tennyson and more as well as Holbrook himself.Compiled by the journalist writer and publisher George Holbrook Jackson. A noted journalist who worked for numerous magazines during his career Jackson is known as being one of the leading bibliophiles of his time. He founded in the Flying Fame Press alongside Ralph Hodgson and Claud Lovat Fraser and had a long association with English small presses.One page of adverts to the rear.Undated dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. In the publisher's original paper covers. Externally generally smart with slight sunning to the spine and extremities with loss to the head and tail of the spine with covers separating from the text block to the tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Owner's stamp to the title page. Very Good J. W. Bean & Son paperback