THE HELMSMAN

by J. V. Cunningham

$135 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

First edition

San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1942. First edition. Stiff paper boards in pasted into wraps of wall paper in a floral design, printed label; 8vo. 31pp. First edition of the poet's first published book, and his first collection of poems preceded only by a prose rarity that has only appeared for sale in a Peter Howard catalog, and one the bibliographer chose not to include . One of 150 300 sheets

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