Robinson | The Children Of The Night (1st Ed.), DS, Letters
Description: Edwin Arlington Robinson. The Children of the Night. Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1897. First edition.
Robinson’s second book; one of 500 copies. Very good. Light bumping and fraying to edges, corners of boards; light rubbing to faces of boards. Bookplates on front and rear endpapers; ownership inscription and booksellers’ annotations to front free endpaper. Text block lightly age-toned.
Also included with this lot are several pieces of ephemera:
1) A form issued by the publishers of Who’s Who in America, requesting that Robinson make any corrections or updates for the 1926-7 volume. Robinson has added that he received the 1925 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and signed the bottom of the form. One 8.5” x 11” sheet. Very good-; several creases and minor water damage at the right edge, most noticeable on the small photo of Robinson. Very small open tear in the text at the top of the sheet; minor wear from handling.
2)Two letters from Professor Carl J. Weber of Colby College to Melba Bennett, a collector of American literature, regarding a study Weber is conducting on The Torrent and the Night Before, Robinson’s first book. Also included are three envelopes: the two in which Weber’s letters were sent, and one self-addressed intended for Bennett’s reply. Very good; all lightly age-toned; letters creased from mailing; used envelopes torn from careless opening.
An autograph note signed by poet Harriet Monroe, the text of which is an endorsement of Robinson’s third book. Very good-; paper age-toned (with more extensive, uneven age-toning on verso); somewhat worn crease to top margin with less-worn vertical crease running through text; light wear from handling; signature lightly smeared but still clearly legible.
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