AMERICAN POETS - AN ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY VERSE [Leonora Speyer's Copy]
Munchen: Kurt Wolff, 1923. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 132 pages. In Good condition. Bound in publisher's red leather with marbled boards. Moderate wear and rubbing overall. Front free end paper has been excised, paperclip formerly on page 7, causing a small open tear to page 7 and rust marks to pages 6-11, paperclip formerly to page 93, rust marks to pages 92-99, pages 21-33, 93, 119 loose. Written in pencil on the front pastedown: "Leonora Speyer's copy, from her library March. 18, 1956. With her annotations. Pages used as well in her poetry courses at Columbia Univ." Publication information in pencil to second free end paper. Leonora Speyer's pencil annotations to pages 11-12, 15, 21-25, 30-45, 69, 72, 80-1, 83, 85-89, 93, 101, 108, 110-114, 117, 119-121, 124. Page 87 with pasted 'From Dorothy Thompson's THE WOMAN POET in the Ladies Home Journal" followed by 5 lines. Includes one page poem by Lola Ridge loose within, with notes by Speyer. CX Consignment. Shelved in Case 0. More