Accession number
PML 184142
Creator
Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943.
Published
Boston : The Four Seas Company, c1915.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Notes
First edition of author's first book.
Signed by the author on t.p.
Signed by the author on t.p.
Description
47 p. ; 18 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Author's inscription in ink on flyleaf: To Teresa " Believe me, my dear Madam, my most valued possession, my loveliest dream, without price, without gold is the sentiment of your friendship" Correspondence of Lord Oxford and the Countess of Bastable, letter XXXIV, from the author with inordinate affection ; author's inscription in ink on page before first poem: These poems were written at the age of sixteen by Stephen Vincent Benét
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Binding
Gray typographic wrappers over cardboard ; housed in a purple cloth slipcase with a purple leather shelfback.
Classification
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