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THE BUCK IN THE SNOW.
(New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1928). 235 x 150 mm. (9 1/4 x 6"). 5 p.l., 69, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. No. 49 OF 479 COPIES on Arches paper (and 36 on Japanese vellum).
Publisher's buckram-backed green paper boards. In its very good (though slightly worn and faded) original board slipcase. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the limitation page. ENTIRELY UNOPENED. Photocopied Jett Whitehead invoice (for $250) dated 8/28/95 laid in at front. Yost 37. Half title with remnant or shadow of a bookplate removed from the front pastedown; otherwise AN EXTREMELY FINE COPY, the binding unworn and unusually clean, and the text spotless, having obviously never been read.
This is an extremely appealing copy of the experimental masterpiece of Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950), Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, dramatist, and feminist activist. ANB tells us that "Millay is the poetic voice of eternal youth, feminine revolt and liberation, and potent sensitivity and suggestiveness. Her best and most representative themes are bittersweet love, sorrow, the inevitability of change, resignation, death, and ever-abiding nature." In "The Buck in the Snow," Millay focuses particularly on mortality and fleeting time; while originally unpopular due to its experimental verse, it has gone on to become one of Millay's best-known works. The present limited edition was released concurrently with the first trade edition, and both editions are marked "First Edition" and with "I-C" on the verso of the title page. Our copy is from the library of Laure-Anne Bosselaar (b. 1943) and her husband Kurt Brown (1944-2013). Bosselaar is a Belgian-American poet, translator, and editor who has published numerous works of poetry in multiple languages, including five collections of her own works. She has received various prizes and recognitions (Pushcart, Isabella Gardner, Breadloaf) and was named Poet Laureate of Santa Barbara in 2019. Sometimes publishing jointly with Bosselaar, Brown was also a prolific poet and editor of anthologies, as well as the founder and first director of the Aspen Writer's Conference, playing a pivotal role in shaping its early vision and establishing Aspen as a literary center. Copies of the present title are easy enough to find, but ones with the original slipcase and almost entirely unopened are a very different matter. (ST20338-086)
Price: $400.00