Reynard the Fox, or The Ghost of Heath Run (Signed Limited Edition)

(Item #5363) Reynard the Fox, or The Ghost of Heath Run (Signed Limited Edition). John Masefield.
Reynard the Fox, or The Ghost of Heath Run (Signed Limited Edition)
Reynard the Fox, or The Ghost of Heath Run (Signed Limited Edition)
Reynard the Fox, or The Ghost of Heath Run (Signed Limited Edition)
Reynard the Fox, or The Ghost of Heath Run (Signed Limited Edition)
Reynard the Fox, or The Ghost of Heath Run (Signed Limited Edition)
Reynard the Fox, or The Ghost of Heath Run (Signed Limited Edition)
Reynard the Fox, or The Ghost of Heath Run (Signed Limited Edition)
Popular for its vivid English countryside setting and its consideration of courage
Reynard the Fox, or The Ghost of Heath Run (Signed Limited Edition)

London: William Heinemann, [1919]. First Thus. Number 106 of 275 copies printed on English handmade paper and signed by the author. Publisher's half vellum over boards with gilt to spine. Top edge brightly gilt. A Near Fine copy with a gentle bumps to the corners and some toning to the endpapers. Bookplate of Henderson Bishop to the front pastedown.

"A phenomenal bestseller after its publication in 1919, this work was widely seen as a masterful poetic response to the horrors of World War I. A long narrative poem about a foxhunt, the work also evokes the beauty of the English countryside and considers the meaning of courage" (Errington).
Near Fine (Item #5363)

Price: $200