Occasional Poems

Cust (Henry [John Cockayne]).  Chosen by N[ina]. C[ust]. [the author’s widow] and R[onald]. S[torrs]. [the author’s nephew, military governor of Jerusalem, 1917-1918] Portrait frontispiece Jerusalem,  1918 First Edition One of 450 numbered copies   Original parchment-backed grey boards, spine lettered in black, uncut Corners a little rubbed, minor damage to upper blank margin of last six leaves, otherwise a very nice copy  The author’s only book. He was primarily a politician and journalist. On the recto of the limitation leaf is the following: “These Poems were printed in Jerusalem in time of War, and it was not possible to correct the proofs fully.” A few errors have in this copy been corrected in manuscript. 

Price: £180