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WINGED CHILD
by Untermeyer, Jean Starr
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good/Very good
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front flyleaf by Jean Starr Untermeyer to her husband, the poet Louis Untermeyer, and accompanied by an autograph letter signed (ALS) from Jean to Louis written on her letterhead: "I am glad you liked the poems and happy at your frankness in admitting it. Almost without exception you have kept a purity in your attitude to poetry; and considering that most of our life was spent together and in service to a common ideal, I don't feel it is impertinent for me to say that I hope you will always keep that part of yourself intact." The letter is housed in the original mailing envelope, which is affixed to the rear flyleaf. The pair married in 1906 and divorced in 1926, but reunited shortly after the suicide of their son Richard, to whom this volume is dedicated. Remarried in 1929, they were divorced again the following year. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with printed paper title labels. The dust jacket is browned along the spine, with a tiny chip to the top edge of the front panel; otherwise very good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68108
- Title
- WINGED CHILD
- Author
- Untermeyer, Jean Starr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- Poetry, American Literature, Louis Untermeyer, Presentation Copy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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