Published by New Directions, Norfolk, CT, 1938
Seller: Brian Cassidy Books at Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Condition: Very good. First Edition. thus. First edition thus of this collection of sonnets by the poet and psychiatrist, originally printed in other publications including "New Directions in Prose and Poetry" (1937) - a very early New Directions publication. New Directions Pamphlet Series, No. 2. With an introduction by William Carlos Williams. Wraps. 16mo. Saddle stapled printed wraps. A very good copy. INSCRIBED by Moore to half title: "For Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Abbott / with compliments sincerely / Boston 1938 Merrill Moore." Mild bleaching to wraps near spine. Trace rubbing. Pages mildly age-toned; else clean throughout. Good and sound. Unpaginated.