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232. WILLIAMS, Iolo A. POEMS. 1915. Inscription on front end paper. Dw a little frayed. Cuttings relating to the author laid in. £10.00



WILLIAMS, IOLO ANEURIN (1890-1962), journalist, author and art historian; b. 18 June 1890 in Middlesborough, Yorks., son of Aneurin Williams, M.P., ironmaster, and his wife Helen Elizabeth (née Pattinson). He m. in 1920 Francion Elinor Dixon of Colorado, U.S.A., and they had one son and two daughters. He was educated at Rugby School and King's College, Cambridge. From 1914 to 1920 he served with or in the army, chiefly in France, and retired as captain.