The Collected Poems of Hart Crane; Edited with an Introduction by Waldo Frank
New York: Liveright, Inc., (1933). First Edition. 8vo, 179pp; original brown cloth stamped in gilt and black. Spine faded slightly; tiny crease to corner of title page; issued without dust jacket. Item #207683
Copy number 1 of the special limited issue of fifty numbered copies; this one belonged to the poet's mother, Grace Hart Crane and has her ownership signature on the recto of the frontispiece portrait, dated March 1933, the month of publication. Although she had been estranged from her son at thew time of his suicide, Grace Hart Crane became his literary executor and devoted her life to promoting his work. A key step in that effort was this book. While Waldo Frank is the editor of record, most of the actual work was done by Samuel Loveman. Schwartz & Schweik A4.1.
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