Day Lewis, C. (Cecil), Strong, L.A.G.

A New Anthology of Modern Verse, 1920-1940. Chosen and with an introduction by C. Day Lewis and L. A. G. Strong.

London, Methuen & Co, 1941. 11 cm x 17 cm. XXXIII, 221 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

Includes, for example, the following poets’ work: Edmund Blunden; Walter De La Mare; Lord Alfred Douglas; D.H. Lawrence; Louis McNiece; V. Sackville-West; Osbert Sitwell etc.

About the Editors.
Cecil Day-Lewis (or Day Lewis) CBE (27 April 1904 – 22 May 1972), often writing as C. Day-Lewis, was an Anglo-Irish poet and the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake.

Leonard Alfred George Strong (8 March 1896 – 17 August 1958) was a popular English novelist, critic, historian and poet, and published under the name “L. A. G. Strong.” He served as a director of the publishers Methuen Ltd. from 1938 to 1958. (Wikipedia)

• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 44423AB

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