£50
War Poetry. Arkwright (John Stanhope): two copies, The Supreme Sacrifice, And Other Poems in Times of War, first editions, second impressions, London: Skeffington and Son, Ltd., 1919, illustrated by Bruce Bairnsfather, Wilmot Lunt, Louis Raemaekers, and L. Raven-Hill, one with the dustjacket over original grey cloth, the other green cloth only, 8vo, the Order of Service for the poems' dedicatee, The Right Honourable Viscount Milner, K.G. (1854-1925), Westminster Abbey, Monday, May 18th, 1925, 12 noon, [8]pp, 8vo, a letter to Arkwright from The Manchester & County Bank Limited, enclosing a copy of the order of service for their post-World War One memorial service, in which "The Supreme Sacrifice" was sung, manuscript music scores for "O valiant Hearts" & "The Supreme Sacrifice", the vellum manuscript 'Address Presented to John Hungerford Arkwright, Esquire on the Birth of his Son and Heir John Stanhope Arkwright, 17th September 1872', 1pp, hand-scrivened and illuminated on vellum, 22.5cm x 17cm, loosely-enclosed in a contemporary morocco case, gilt-lettered hinged cover, Times cuttings, etc., (archive collection).
Provenance: the Arkwright family of Kinsham Court, Herefordshire.
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