Ballads and Poems, 1915-1930

1st Edition after the printing of 201 Ed Luxe copies (Doubleday - 1931) VERY GOOD ion a fair, Mylar protected dust jacket.DJ has chips and small tears with some soiling. Binding is tight and square. 3 preliminary leaves, v-xii, 229 pages 25 cm. . . . . . . . CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS: 1.) American Names -- 2.) Chariots and Horsemen -- 3.) Skyscraper House -- 4.) King David -- 5.) My Fair Lady -- 6.) Sonnets and Portraits -- 7.) Lyrics and Songs -- 8.) The Kingdom of the Mad -- 9.) The Island and the Fire. . . . . . . . . . THE AUTHORS NOTE: This book is, in the main, a selection from three earlier books of verse, all now out of print. Some new poems have been added and certain old ones altered, though not materially-one cannot rewrite, after fifteen years, without changing the work completely. The earliest poems in this book were written in 1915, the latest in l930. *The Island and the Fire* was read, as the Phi Beta Kappa poem, before the Harvard chapter, June, 1930. S. V. B. New York City, 1930

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Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Co.

Year: 1931

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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