Author: Crane, Stephen [1871 - 1900]
Title: A SOUVENIR And A MEDLEY: Seven Poems and A Sketch by Stephen Crane with Divers and Sundry Communications from Certain Eminent Wits. The Roycroft Quarterly, May 1896. No. 1
Description: East Aurora, N. Y.: The Roycroft Printing Shop, 1896. 1st edition (BAL 4074; cf. McKenna, p. 57, for a history of this early Roycroft publication, which ceased after only 3 issues). Printed brown paper wrappers, yapp edges. Housed in a custom maroon quarter morocco clamshell case, with gilt stamped title lettering to front cover. 48 pp. 8vo. Some chipping to the yapp edges. Very faint prior owner marginalia & commentary [erased pencil?]. A VG [or slightly better] copy in a VG case. Contains 8 poems by Crane, of which "Fast rode the Knight" makes its first appearance. The prose sketch, "A Prologue" also here first published.

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