Author: KILMER, Joyce
Title: The Circus and Other Essays
Description: New York, Laurence J. Gomme, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards. Earliest issue without publisher Mitchell Kennerley's plate on the front pastedown. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Father Philbin/from/Joyce Kilmer/Nov. 22, 1916/(For punctuality/and good conduct.)" A delightful inscription by the devout poet soldier who was killed at the Second Battle of Marne in 1918 at the age of 31. Light wear and spotting to the spine, mild wear to corners. Very Good, lacking the scarce dustwrapper .

Keywords: Signed, Circus, World War I Literature, Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts, Essays, Modern Poetry Signed Modern First Editions Literature: American World War I Literature


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