[ Books ] DAVIES, W. H. Forty New Poems. 8vo, gilt-lettered blue- green cloth, spine slightly darkened; uncut. London, 1918 E150/250 FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY DAVIES TO AUGUSTUS JOHN in the year of pub -lication. During the war years the

[ Books ] DAVIES, W. H. Forty New Poems. 8vo, gilt-lettered blue- green cloth, spine slightly darkened; uncut. London, 1918 E150/250 FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY DAVIES TO AUGUSTUS JOHN in the year of pub -lication. During the war years the Welsh artist Augustus John painted a series of portraits of writers including Ronald Firbank Arthur Symons, George Bernard Shaw, and Davies, among others. A niceassociation copy.