The lyrical pessimism of A.E. Housman
Subtitle: with a sobering dash of modern parodies
Contributors: Tute, George, illustrator; Jackson, Martin, active 1991, calligrapher; Spencer, Geoffrey, compiler; Atkins, Benwell, printer
Series: Keepsake of the Alcuin Society -- 1996; Keepsake of the Alcuin Society -- 1996.
Publisher: Alcuin Society
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Vancouver, B.C
Language: eng
Subjects: Anniversaries; Parodies, imitations; Wood-engraving, Canadian
Other titles: Tribute to mark the 100th birthday of A Shropshire lad; Tribute to mark the one hundredth birthday of A Shropshire lad; Think no more, lad; laugh, be jolly; When first my way to fair I took.
Notes: Broadsheet printed in calligraphy in maroon and black on cream paper folded to create [8] pages.

Wood-engravings in maroon by Agnes Miller Parker and George Tute of A.E. Housman, a shepherd, a reclining youth and a skull; black-and-white cut of plowman inscribed: A.E. Housman A Shropshire lad 1896-1996.

Cover title.

Colophon on p. [8]: A keepsake for members of The Alcuin Society written out by Martin Jackson in Chancery Italic from material accumulated by Geoff Spencer. Printed by Benwell Atkins, Vancouver, B.C. in an edition of 400. The wood engravings are by Agnes Miller Parker and George Tute.
Table of contents: title: A Shropshire lad XLIX (First line: Think no more, lad; laugh, be jolly) / A.E. Housman; title: What, still alive at twenty-two (First line) / Hugh Kingsmill; title: A Connecticut lad (First line: When first my way to fair I took) / E.B. White; title: "Terence, this is fearful rot (First line) / Samuel Hoffenstein.