{"product_id":"arthur-bryant-rupert-buxton-cambridge-1926-124398","title":"Rupert Buxton.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003epresentation copy inscribed by Rupert Buxton's mother\u003c\/h4\u003eAn inscribed presentation copy of this privately published posthumous collection of poems by Rupert Buxton (1900-1921), with a memoir of his life by his friend the historian Arthur Bryant (1899-1985), who knew Buxton from their days at Harrow School.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur copy is inscribed by Buxton's mother to his cousin 'Christian in memory of Rupert from Aunt Annie [Lady Anna Louisa Matilda Buxton, née O'Rorke], Dec. 1926'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuxton tragically drowned with his close-friend Michael Llewelyn Davies (1900-1921), the foster son of J.M. Barrie and one of the original inspirations for Peter Pan and the 'Lost Boys', whilst swimming near Oxford in 1921.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition, inscribed presentation copy; 8vo (19.5 x 15 cm); inscribed in pen to front free endpaper, photographic portrait frontispiece, occasional spotting; publisher's blue cloth, upper-cover lettered in gilt within double-rule border,spine and rear cover slightly faded, very good; 63, [1]pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"BUXTON, Rupert; BRYANT, Arthur (editor).","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57347970466167,"sku":"124398","price":345.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/124398_01_a572a476-5c18-4e54-933b-d3d7f013091e.jpg?v=1785703835","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/en-us\/products\/arthur-bryant-rupert-buxton-cambridge-1926-124398","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}