The Last Sheaf by Edward Thomas first edition 1928

THOMAS, EDWARD. The Last Sheaf.
 
London: Jonathan Cape, 1928.
 
8vo, pp. 221. Publisher’s green cloth, gilt-lettered spine; original printed dust jacket with decorative red border, priced 6s, lightly rubbed at the extremities, otherwise bright and very well preserved. Cloth fresh and unfaded; internally clean throughout. Overall a near fine copy.
 
First edition of this posthumous gathering of essays, sketches, and prose fragments by Edward Thomas, issued eleven years after his death at Arras. The collection spans nature writing, literary criticism, and autobiographical reflection, including notable pieces such as “The First Cuckoo,” “Christina Rossetti,” and “London Miniatures”.  
 
A notably sharp copy in the original jacket.