First Edition, Inscribed by the Author
Poems.
London: Hogarth Press, 1925.
Price:
$2,000.00
First edition, inscribed by the author on the first free endpaper. 8vo. Rust, black, and white marbled paper boards, with printed label affixed to front; center of spine creased, else fine; light glue offsetting on endpapers, with small stain to fore-edge, otherwise fine. Woolmer 62.
Item #377856
The second, and last, collection of poems by Barrington "Barry" Gates, whose prodigious writing talent coexisted with an equally tremendous aptitude for mathematics, the latter of which led to a long, ground-breaking career in flight safety and aerodynamics, for which he was awarded an OBE in 1943.
Several of the poems — which focus on both the human experience and nature — had previously been printed in The London Mercury, The Nation and Athenaeum, and the Poetry Review, among others, and while Gates did not publish any further poetry compilations, he did write a series of short plays titled The Mulligatawny Medallion in 1926, and continued as a book critic for magazines such as The New Statesman and the Times Literary Supplement until near the end of his life.
According to Woolmer, the print run for this edition is unknown, but he notes that by January 1926, over 60 copies had been sold, and Gates clearly held on to a number himself, as indicated by the late inscription on this copy: "For Tom & Margaret in return for much kindness, with my love, Barry Gates Sept. 1971."
Signed material by this author — let alone volumes in this fine condition — is very scarce.
Item #377856
The second, and last, collection of poems by Barrington "Barry" Gates, whose prodigious writing talent coexisted with an equally tremendous aptitude for mathematics, the latter of which led to a long, ground-breaking career in flight safety and aerodynamics, for which he was awarded an OBE in 1943.
Several of the poems — which focus on both the human experience and nature — had previously been printed in The London Mercury, The Nation and Athenaeum, and the Poetry Review, among others, and while Gates did not publish any further poetry compilations, he did write a series of short plays titled The Mulligatawny Medallion in 1926, and continued as a book critic for magazines such as The New Statesman and the Times Literary Supplement until near the end of his life.
According to Woolmer, the print run for this edition is unknown, but he notes that by January 1926, over 60 copies had been sold, and Gates clearly held on to a number himself, as indicated by the late inscription on this copy: "For Tom & Margaret in return for much kindness, with my love, Barry Gates Sept. 1971."
Signed material by this author — let alone volumes in this fine condition — is very scarce.
