Description: Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters Signed presentation copy of the first edition, first printing with two laid in letters from the author New York: The Macmillan Company, 1915. xvii, 248, [6, ads] pp. Original bluish green cloth with gilt lettering, housed in a black leather slipcase. First edition, first issue. (Book measures 7/8" across top.) Presentation copy signed by Edgar Lee Masters in the year of publication, inscribed "To Caroline Blackman, with the sincere friendship of E.L. Masters May 3rd 1915." Very Near Fine with light rubbing, lacking jacket. Personal bookplate of publisher Alfred A. Knopf on paste down. Laid-in are two letters signed by Masters: one is an autograph letter signed in pencil, dated "July 28 - 35" and is addressed "Dear Mr. Clark:" in which Masters invites Clark for a beer and to have a literary chat. The other is a typed letter signed in pencil, dated January 10, 1929 and is addressed to legal thriller writer and fellow lawyer Arthur Train, in which Masters agrees to serve on the Author's League Council. Letters are toned, creased with some wear, chipping, with one faint inkstamp. One of the all-time bestselling works of poetry in America, still in print and used in many theater classes for monologues. Very uncommon signed in the year of publication.
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Year Printed: 1915
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Poetry
Binding: Hardcover
Region: North America
Author: Edgar Lee Masters
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Place of Publication: New York
Special Attributes: 1st Printing, Signed, Includes Two Letters from E.L. Masters, Slipcase, 1st Edition
