ATKINSON, E. J. Rupert

By a Midnight Sea: Poems; [PRESENTATION COPY With Ephemera]

Melbourne: George Robertson & Co., Proprietary Ltd., 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Royal octavo : pp. [viii] 268 : original green, pebbled cloth, frontispiece portrait, all edges uncut : inscribed by the author on the half-title page for fellow poet James William Harbinson. [Miller/Macartney, p.42]

Page margins and preliminaries tanned, some flecking to boards; corners bumped and frayed; binding shaken. Good. Item #6913

Difficult to find in collectible condition, a good copy of Atkinson's second poetry collection. Atkinson (1881-1961) was born in Bendigo, Victoria and was a close friend of Hugh McCrae. Loosely inserted is a programme for an event at the Australian Institute of the Arts & Literature held at Queen's Hall on 31st July 1924 that included a reading by J. Howlett Ross of Atkinson's poem 'A Viking's Death' and an article by the author from The Book Lover on George Bernard Shaw. Also loosely inserted is a postcard from the author's son who was then studying at Cambridge.

Price: $100.00