c.1934 A Shropshire Lad, by A.E. HousmanTitle: A SHROPSHIRE LAD Written by: A. E. Housman Published by Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, N. Y., not dated, but c. 1934 A lovely book of poetry with decorations by Aldren Watson, including head and tailpieces throughout the book. Bound in decorative patterned green paper over boards, with title on paper label affixed to the spine. The book comes in a lovely slipcase covered in dark green paper and a white paper label with title and illustration

Veuve de Louis (179

limited number of illustrations

pages show occasional foxing

Lavish marbled endpapers

broken type

bright green

while volumes 2 and 3 are dated to 1600

and a possible twelve more centred on King Arthur displaying twelve "public virtues

and browning

Published by  Harrap & Co

which was also printed by Thibaud Ancelin

Deck: Jeu des Rois de France