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First edition thus. 8vo. vii, 135pp. Maroon cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Tissue-protected portrait frontispiece. Errata slip tipped before p.3, as required. A touch of fading to the cloth at the backstrip, and at the head of the upper and lower boards. A tiny hint of very light spotting to the edges and free endpapers. A very good copy in the most uncommon dust wrapper, toned at the spine panel, with a touch of dust soiling and edge-creasing, and a tiny tear and accompanying crease to the base of the spine panel. Lacking a sliver from the lower tip of the front flap. Blunden's thirty-eight page memoir precedes fifty-nine poems, followed by nine pages of notes and a personal memoir of Owen by Frank Nicholson, librarian of Edinburgh University.

The War Poems is a collection of war poems written by Wilfred Owen during World War I, including his famous pieces such as 'Dulce et Decorum Est' and 'Anthem for Doomed Youth.' The impact of Owen's poetry is such that it has shaped the public's perception of war and has been used in educational settings to convey the brutal reality of conflict.