Travellers’ Verse (New Excursions into English Poetry)

1st edition, 1st impression. viii, 120pp. 16 colour original engravings by Edward Bawden (an official war artist). Illustrated cloth covers (a little worn at edges, mildly rounded at corners and spine tips. Hint of toning. In its original dust jacket (small scuff at head of spine, gentle shelf wear, perhaps slightly faded). An evocative, vintage volume. New Excursions into English Poetry was an experimental series of poetry, demanding original work from both the anthologer and the artist, who worked closely in collaboration to give literal and pictorial illustrations of the actual poems.