Poems written between 1942 & 1946 mostly in West Africa & Egypt. The author contributed to most English periodicals of the time and to wartime anthologies on both sides of the Atlantic. His previous and first book of verse was "The Untried Soldier" . Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine; front bottom corner bumped. 81 pages. DJ unclipped; with fading around edges and to dj spine; some light browning of back of dj. Book tight & clean.