The Lion and the Rose, Poems

Sarton, May

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Inscribed first edition of May Sarton's scarce third book, published in 1948. A very good copy in publisher's dark pink cloth. Sunning to spine ends, light bump to lower front corner. Dust jacket is rubbed along the joints and folds and missing a small chip from the rear panel. Original $2,00 price present. On the front free endpaper: "Inscribed for Virginia Dunbar, May Sarton, Claremont, March, 1957." Sarton gave a speech titled "The Writing of a Poem" at Scripps College in Claremont, California, that year. The publisher's description for a new edition of this book reads: "Written in Santa Fe, New Mexico, May Sarton's third collection of poems takes inspiration from the land, the light, and the palette of the American Southwest. With archaeological precision, Sarton uncovers American history and heredity. "Plain grandeur escapes definition," begins one poem. But Sarton's America is alive with history and is continually redefined by its own settings and mythology.". Seller Inventory # 23601

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Lion and the Rose, Poems
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very good
Dust Jacket Condition: very good