Hardcover. First edition, first issue with top edge gilt. Some foxing to the endpapers, light wear to the boards, a near fine copy without dustwrapper. Inscribed English poet Ralph Hodgson was laid to rest in Minerva. Prior to the publication of his first collection of poetry, 'The Last Blackbird' (1907). He did not farm the land but enjoyed it as a sanctuary for birds and other wildlife. He published his first solo collection of poems, Poems Chielfly Lyrical in 1830. The Last Blackbird and Other Rhymes Ralph Hodgson, a member of the K