Author: Schutze, Martin.
Title: Songs and Poems.
Description: Chicago, IL: The Laurentian Publishers, 1914. 1914. - Octavo, green cloth titled in tan on the front cover & spine. The covers are bumped with some small stains to the front cover. The head of the spine is lightly chipped & there is a 1-inch tear to the top of the rear joint. 127 pages. There is an owner's attractive bookplate on the front pastedown. A word is crossed out in ink on page 122 & there is a small area of soiling to the last page of the text. Very good.

First edition.

In 1901, Martin Schutze [1867-1950] married Eva Lawrence Watson, a painter and photographer who, along with Alfred Stieglitz, was one of the founders of the Photo-Secessionists. The Schutzes were co-founders in 1902 of an art colony in Woodstock, N.Y. Martin Schutze was also active in establishing the Renaissance Society, which was headed by Eva Watson-Schutze from 1931 until she died in 1935. Schutze's vision was responsible for the creation of the Historical Society of Woodstock in 1929.

Scarce. Very good .

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; POET; MARTIN SCHUTZE; WOODSTOCK ARTIST; SONGS AND POEMS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; MODERN FIRST EDITION.

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