- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used

Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Type Punch Matrix
AbeBooks seller since September 8, 2020
Condition: Used
US$ 125.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Signed first edition of this collection of 52 verses by Ruth Le Prade, a socialist activist as well as writer, signed in the year of publication. Promotional materials laid in, including a program for events at the Poet's Garden, where Le Prade hosted a number of readings and other literary and political events. Le Prade dedicated SONG TREE to Edwin Markham, her mentor, and the jacket features a reproduction of a letter by Markham praising her work; an additional printed copy (not holograph) of this letter and a poem by Markham are also laid in. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's green boards in original dust jacket. SIGNED at ffep. Jacket lightly worn at edges with some toning. Minor toning to interior. Very good. 79pp. Also includes promotional progam, 3.75" x 7.25" approx. and two reproductions of letters by Edwin Markham 8.5" x 11" and 5.5" x 8.5" approx. Very good in a very good jacket.
Seller Inventory # 42000
Bibliographic details
- Title
- SONG TREE
- Author
- LE PRADE, Ruth
- Publisher
- J.F. Rowny, Santa Barbara, CA
- Publication year
- 1943
- Dust jacket
- dj
- Signed
- Signed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Small Press Poetry
Type Punch Matrix
Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
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Type Punch Matrix is a rare book firm founded by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy. Between them, they bring over 30 years of experience in the antiquarian book trade. TPM sells a mixture of beloved classics and innovative texts from throughout print history, for collectors and institutions alike. Handpress and modern books, archives and manuscripts, letterpress and ephemera: TPM aims to make collecting both more accessible and more diverse, and believes in the mindful acquisition, preservation, and celebration of the materials of our literary cultures. …
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1111 East West Highway, Suite 300
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