signed first edition
1934 · Boston
by Hurd, Harry Elmore
Boston, 1934. First Edition. 160pp. Duodecimo [22 cm] Textured black cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Gentle sunning to the jacket's spine. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf: "To Mrs. Fisk Warren, with a throw and thanks for your hospitality and every fine wish from Harry Elmore Hurd." Self-published collection of verse by this Methodist preacher, that was inspired by a trip to the western U.S. Includes poems on the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, the sage of Nevada, Yosemite, Crater Lake and other western locales. (Inventory #: 441)