Between the Covers

Hardcover. First edition, second issue. Foreword by Allen Tate. Edges of the boards a little rubbed and worn, some scrapes and small stains on the front fly, very good in very good dustwrapper lacking the top ½" of the spine. In a fine custom quarter morocco clamshell case. Inscribed by Crane to his close friend, the poet Wilbur Underwood: "For Wilbur Underwood with affection always. Hart Crane. January 1927." A few pencil notes and marks in the margin, likely in the hand of Underwood. Underwood, whose archive is at the Library of Congress, published at least a half-dozen volumes of poetry and was associated with the Decadent Movement. He was a veteran of the homosexual underground scene of the period and is perhaps best known as Hart Crane's mentor and confidant. One of the best sources of information on Underwood is Clive Fisher's biography *Hart Crane: A Life*.

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