American Child A Sonnet Sequence by Engle, Paul

New York: Random, 1945. stated 1st . Hardcover. Very Good+/Fair. 2800 shelf. Black cloth spine w/ patterned bds. Inked name FEP, clean text. Designed by Stefan Salter. The noted Iowa writer celebrates many phases of childhood. Sepia photo on title page. Chipped worn dj, black cloth w/ patterned bds 66 pgs

New York: Random house, 1945. 1st. fine in fine dust jacket .(office f-1)

Random House, New York (1945), 1945. Hardcover. Collectible, Near Fine/Very Good. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by author to his friends on endpaper. 12 mo., hardcover, VG in good beige dj. 3 extra sonnets laid in, signed by Paul Engle, for his friend Curt Anderson, 1958, with drawing of little girl reading to animals. A book of sonnets written to his daughter celebrating many phases of childhood. 66 pp.

New York: Random House, 1945. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -" For Alice Edwards with Monmouth greetings. Paul Engle, Oct. 1946." Additionally, laid in is a Typed Postcard Signed, dated Mar.25, 1947, addressed to C.A. Owen, who was a professor of English at the Monmouth College in Illinois, that reads -" Iowa City March 23, 1947 Dear Mr. Owen, At Grinnell, April 24,25,26, there will be a writer's conference. I don't know all the speakers, but I am talking the evening of April 24, John Crowe Ransom twice April 25, and Allen Tate twice April 26. Prof. Paul S. Wood at Grinnell College is the man to write to for exact information. My visit to Monmouth was a pleasant interlude of a rainy autumn week. I should like to come back again. I had the feeling you were doing a good job with that group of young students there. Keep it up. Sincerely, Paul Engle." Book is Fine in a Very Good Minus dustjacket, 1/2" chips at head of spine and bottom corner front… Read More