Between the Covers

Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. Japanese vellum over boards gilt, gilt is rubbed in places, else near fine. Introduction by Edwin Markham. A very influential collection of poetry by young poets, this being the first appearance for several of them. This is copy #12 of 50 numbered copies Signed by Joyce Kilmer, Ludwig Lewisohn, Edwin Markham, Reginald Wright Kauffman, James Oppenheim, Louis Untermeyer, George Sylvester Viereck, and several other contributors. Rare.

[With]: *The Younger Quire*. NY: Moods Publishing Company 1911. 12mo. Near fine. Introduction by Daffydowndilly. Japanese vellum over boards gilt, issued without dustwrapper. Thin spine tanned, short tear at the edge of one blank page and some slight soiling, near fine. Amusing parodies of the younger poets who appeared in *The Younger Choir*. Copy #63 of 100 numbered copies, the first ten copies signed by the author (who is not identified). It is however Signed by Louis Untermeyer (under the Introduction by Daffydowndilly on the title page). Authored by Untermeyer, whose later work included several books of parody. His first acknowledged book, *First Love*, was also published in 1911. Rare.

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