by Smith, Edmund Ware
New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. 1965. Hardcover in dj. 8vo (8.5" x 5.75"), teal cloth. xii, [1]-240 pp., 2 unnumbered leaves. Author inscription in blue ink at ffep. CONDITION: Near fine in very good dj, dj with short tears at head of spine panel, some wear along lower edge of front and rear panels, jacket unclipped. Stated first edition. Inscribed to poet Richard Aldridge and his wife, Josephine, as follows: "To: Dick and Jo- and now to Rufus and Gypsy-B too. And also to the spirit of the farmstead, and the growth and feeling of the soil that comes into you, and will be everlasting, may you write better and better poems, and live long and creatively. Yours, with love and admiration for your work in life- Sincerely, Edmund Ware Smith. Happy New Year, Jan '66.
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