first edition
1928 · New York
by Parker, Dorothy
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. First edition. Very good plus.. First printing of Parker's second poetry collection, on the persistent theme of how much better it must be to be dead and in Hell than alive and in love. Includes "A Pig's-Eye View of Literature," a series of short verses on the merits of Keats, Shelley, Byron, Wilde, and lesser lights. 7.25'' x 5''. Original black quarter cloth with decorative paper-covered boards. 75, [1] pages. Previous owner's name in pen to front free endpaper. Light edgewear and scuffing to boards, minor toning to margins of textblock.
(Inventory #: 53068)
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