Soundings, inscribed by the author to Yehudi Menuhin and Inscribed additionally by Menuhin

Dunedin: Coulls Somerville Wilkie. 1931. First edition. 191, [1] pages. Green cloth boards. 12mo. (18.7 x 12.5 cm). Some leaves unopened. Includes the following poems, several with theosophical themes: Maitreya; Victors; Rebirth; Song; Robe Royal; Worship; Hyssop; Viaticum; Aborima. Inscribed on the first free endpage "To Menuhin - 'amico magis unicus' - from this, most gratefully, the writer. Dunedin, New Zealand. 31st July, 1935." Beneath this inscription, the great violinist has written: "For want of space left in custody of my dear friends James + Charles, Please bring it with you when you come to Villa Cherkess. Yehudi. Perth, Sept. 1935."

David William M. Burn (1862-1951), was one of New Zealand's best-known poets and an avid Theosophist, longtime head of "The Order of the Star." (1922)

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