French Town. Sketches

by Frederic Hicks; with a preface by Grace King by Carl Carmer

$125 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

First edition

New Orleans, LA : The Quarters Book Shop, c1928 . First edition, author’s first literary book. 12mo. 45 pp. Illustrations of New Orleans scenes printed in red from line drawings to accompany Carmer’s poems inspired by the city. Original plain boards, French-fold decorated dust jacket. Insect damage to blank portions of final two leaves, else very good. Item #70613

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