first edition
1935 · New York
by SPENDER, Stephen
New York: Random House, 1935. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo; cloth boards, titled in gilt on spine, with gilt cross device to front cover; foredge untrimmed; 37pp. Tight, Near Fine copy, lacking dustwrapper. American poet Karl Shapiro's copy, with his ownership signature to front endpaper, dated 1939. Spender's fourth regularly-published collection, comprised of the four long poems "Arrival at the City," "Parade of the Executive," "The Death of Heroes," and "Analysis and Final Statement.
(Inventory #: 51491)