Millay, Edna St. Vincent (1892-1950) Renascence, First Edition in Dust Jacket.
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Millay, Edna St. Vincent (1892-1950)
Renascence, First Edition in Dust Jacket.
New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1917.
First edition, first issue on Glaslan paper, octavo; bound in publisher's black cloth, gilt stamped title to spine and front board, edges uncut; with scarce original dust jacket (minor stain to back board; jacket spine sunned, light thumbing to lower panel, but overall very well-preserved); housed in a custom green morocco-backed cloth box and chemise; 7 7/8 x 5 in.
Yost 3.
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Edna St. Vincent Millay's first book, with the titular poem "Renascence," which rocketed her into the spotlight.
Provenance: Steve Forbes Collection.
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