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Lew Sarett. A group of 6 first editions (one a duplicate), including 2 inscribed works, and a manuscript poem written on a p... (Total: 6 )
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Lew Sarett. A group of 6 first editions (one a duplicate), including 2 inscribed works, and a manuscript poem written on a piece of birch bark.Lew Sarett. Many Many Moons. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1920. 8vo, original blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. FIRST EDITION of the author's first book, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper: "A pine-tree makes a song / out of adverse winds / Sincerely yours, / Lew Sarett." Fine. - Sarett. The Box of God. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1922. 8vo, original maroon cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; dust jacket (unclipped). FIRST EDITION. Dust jacket spine panel lightly toned with some minor wear at ends, a few other nicks at extremities. - Sarett. Slow Smoke. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1925]. 8vo, original pictorial black cloth decorated in green. FIRST EDITION. With a laid-in piece of white birch bark inscribed with a fair copy manuscript of his three-stanza poem "Hang Me Among Your Winds," SIGNED at end. Some rubbing and wear to cloth; front free endpaper clipped and with a date and location in ink at foot in an unknown hand; some indentations impressed on first few leaves from the of knot of birch bark; some poem underlined in ink. - Sarett. Slow Smoke. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1925]. 8vo, original pictorial black cloth decorated in green. FIRST EDITION. Ex-library copy, with shelf number on spine in white, ink number on title and copyright page; circulation pocket apparently removed from rear pastedown. - Sarett. Wings Against the Moon. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1931]. 8vo, original pictorial turquoise cloth stamped in silver and black; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Dust jacket price-clipped, worn and chipped at edges, with paper tape reinforcements on verso, and a few cellotape reinforcements on recto. - Sarett. The Collected Poems. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1941]. 8vo, original gilt-lettered brown cloth. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE POET with a lengthy inscription to his teacher, friend and collaborator, William T. Foster, the former President of Reed College, on the front free endpaper, in part: "...As a result of your impact upon me - of your writing and yourself - my whole life has been affected profoundly - for abundant good..." A Fine copy.
Provenance: From the William A. Strutz Library.
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2025 September 10 - 11 Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part III, Rare Books Signature® Auction #6321 (go to Auction Home page)
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