A Tree with a Bird in It: A Symposium of Contemporary American Poets on Being Shown a Pear Tree on Which Sat a Grackle
by Widdemer, Margaret
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- Hardcover
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- Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
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New York: Harcourt Brace and Company. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1922. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED and inscribed by author/poet Widdemer on free front endpaper to Western author HH Knibbs and his wife Julia plus a 3-page hand-written poem by Widdemer on rear flyleaves; near fine in good dust jacket, in fresh archival sleeve; rear hinge partially split, cracking and rubbing to jacket edges with small piece missing at top of jacket spine and some surface erosion along rest of spine; first printing with no later statements; inscription on ffep reads: 'To Henry Herbert Knibbs and Julia Knibbs, Both poets in their various ways, this dedication, and the supplement [hand-written 3-page poem] on page 103- From Margaret Widdemer / Hollywood / March 30, 1923'; the hand-written poem in the rear is entitled 'The Glory Hoss Goes Home'; photos on request; 102 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Title
- A Tree with a Bird in It: A Symposium of Contemporary American Poets on Being Shown a Pear Tree on Which Sat a Grackle
- Author
- Widdemer, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1922
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- Poetry;
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