Item #205310 Ballyhoo for a Mendicant; Poems. Carlton Talbott.

Ballyhoo for a Mendicant; Poems

New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First edition. Small 8vo, 102pp; cloth-backed boards. Fine in a bright dust jacket, only slightly marked and with a small nick to the front panel; cover illustration by Jacks. Item #205310

The poet's first book, a collection of light-hearted yet erudite poems. Inscribed and signed "Respectfully, Carlton Talbott, March, 1929" on a preliminary leaf, and scace thus: Talbott died the following year, after the publication of a second book, at 39 years of age.

Price: $195.00

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