Rosas by John Masefiled - 1918

New York: Macmillan, 1918. First Edition; Limited edition. 1/4 vellum. Very good/missing. A very good first, limited edition, number 184 of 750 signed and numbered copies. One quarter vellum over paper covered boards with ornate gilt title stamping which is fine and bright on front cover and spine. Deckled pages. Ex-Library with 1934 Brockton Public Library bookplate of front pastedown. Library stamp on title page, pencilled marginalia on half-title. 65 pp. Twelvemo. Masefield was Poet Laureate of England from 1930 to 1967."Juan Manuel de Rosas (30 March 1793 – 14 March 1877), nicknamed "Restorer of the Laws",was a politician and army officer who ruled Buenos Aires Province and briefly the Argentine Confederation. Although born into a wealthy family, Rosas independently amassed a personal fortune, acquiring large tracts of land in the process. Rosas enlisted his workers in a private militia, as was common for rural proprietors, and took part in the disputes that led to numerous civil wars in his country. Victorious in warfare, personally influential, and with vast landholdings and a loyal private army, Rosas became a caudillo, as provincial warlords in the region were known. He eventually reached the rank of brigadier general, the highest in the Argentine Army, and became the undisputed leader of the Federalist Party.