Item #140937518 Verse. Adelaide Crapsey, Claude Bragdon, Jean Webster, Introduction.
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922.

First thus. (First expanded edition, reprinting Crapsey's 1915 debut with additional poems.) 107 pp. Beautifully patterned paper over boards, tan cloth backstrip with paper label. Basically Fine with a little rubbing along bottom and top edges in Very Good+ or better unclipped jacket with a little wear and very slightly toned spine, tiny chip in top of back panel. Rare in jacket.

The primary book by the inventor of the American quintain or cinquain, a five-line poetic form influenced by Japanese tanka and haiku. Item #140937518

Price: $200.00