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John Masefield (1878-1967)
Collected poems 1923
19.5 x 4.5 cm (book measurement (inventory)) | RCIN 1084236
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John Masefield was poet laureate from 1930 to his death in 1967. He was a prolific poet and fiction writer, and by the end of his life his volume of 'Collected Poems' had sold over 200,000 copies. This was an unprecedented figure for a modern poet, and spoke to his popularity with readers. Today, however, he is perhaps most well known as a children's writer, having authored such classics as The Midnight Folk (1927) and The Box of Delights (1935).
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Acquired by King George VI
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19.5 x 4.5 cm (book measurement (inventory))
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The Collected poems of John Masefield / John Masefield.