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Marianne Moore. O to Be a Dragon. New York: The Viking Press, 1959....
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Marianne Moore. O to Be a Dragon. New York: The Viking Press, 1959.8vo. Original white cloth-backed blue cloth-textured boards, spine stamped in silver; dust jacket.
FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper: "For 'Hope' Kane and 'Timothy' Kane / Hope and Timothy Childs* / (That three Dragons for one family do not seem too many, dear Mr. and Mrs. R. Keith Kane, makes me very grateful.) / Marianne Moore / *It looks as if the author of O To be a Dragon cannot read!" With a holograph note laid in replying to a request for this inscription offering to replace this copy "if this is too blundering," signed "MM."
R. Keith Kane was a prominent New York lawyer who served on the Corporation, Harvard's foremost governing body, from 1950 until 1970. His wife was a chairman of the board of trustees of Smith College.
Condition: Minor rubbing to board edges. Dust jacket unclipped, very slight toning to spine panel and flap folds, minor rubbing and slight wear to extremities.
Provenance: Hope and Timothy Childs (presentation inscription); purchased from House of Books, Ltd., New York. 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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