HARDY, Thomas. In Time of 'The Breaking of Nations'. [No place:] Privately Printed, 1916. Bifolium (230 x 190mm). Original purple wrappers printed in black, sewn with a purple woven thread (covers slightly faded).
THE RARE FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. One of 25 copies printed, numbered and signed by Clement Shorter, this one number 12. This poem was written in 1915 and first printed in the Saturday Review, 29 January 1916. An original manuscript was sold at Christie's, The Red Cross Sale, 26 April 1916. Purdy, p.176.
HARDY, Thomas. In Time of 'The Breaking of Nations'. [No place:] Privately Printed, 1916. Bifolium (230 x 190mm). Original purple wrappers printed in black, sewn with a purple woven thread (covers slightly faded).
THE RARE FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. One of 25 copies printed, numbered and signed by Clement Shorter, this one number 12. This poem was written in 1915 and first printed in the Saturday Review, 29 January 1916. An original manuscript was sold at Christie's, The Red Cross Sale, 26 April 1916. Purdy, p.176.
