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A hardcover slim cloth edition, untrimmed page ends, published by John Lane/ The Bodley Head 1897 ( this being the 5th printing)
Stephen Phillips ( 1864 – 1915) was an English poet and dramatist, who enjoyed considerable popularity early in his career.
In 1894 he published Eremus, a long poem of loose structure in blank verse of a philosophical complexion. In 1896 appeared Christ in Hades, forming with a few other short pieces one of the slim paper-covered volumes of Elkin Mathews's Shilling Garland. This poem caught the eye of the critics, and when it was followed by a collection of Poems in 1897 the writer's position as a new poet of exceptional gifts was generally recognized. This volume contained a new edition of Christ in Hades, together with Marpessa, The Woman with the Dead Soul, The Wife and shorter pieces, including To Milton, Blind.
Period bookplate from original owner on inside front pastedown.
