BOTTOMLEY, Gordon - KING LEAR'S WIFE AND OTHER PLAYS, 1st ed...

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BOTTOMLEY, Gordon - KING LEAR'S WIFE AND OTHER PLAYS, 1st ed., signed by the author, Silverdale 20th February 1922, pub. Constable & Co., London, pict. cloth; Gruach and Britain's Daughter - Two Plays by Gordon Bottomley, 1st ed., signed by the author, Silverdale, 20th February 1922, pict. cloth in red and yellow (2)
Gordon Bottomley (1874-1948) was born in Keighley and later moved to Cartmel, then Silverdale. He was a prominent figure in the Georgian Poetry Movement just before and during the First World War. His poetry and plays were widely published and he was a great writer of letters, counting among his friends Paul Nash, Edward Thomas, Charles Ricketts, Dame Sybil Thorndike, John Masefield and others.

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