signed first edition
1932 · New York
by Stein, Kurt M.; KMS
New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1932. First Edition. Very Good/Fair. First edition. Signed by KMS on half title with warm, lengthy inscription, a poem in English, "A clever line for Millie? Well, / I wish I knew just how to treat her. / I'd like to write a foot of verse, / But can't think of a Millimeter. [signed] K.M.S." and then underneath "For Millie Metzurlberg [?] / April Fools Day 1932 / and that goes for John, too." 123 pp. Orange cloth lettered in maroon. Very Good with toned and slightly frayed head, in rubbed and chipped dust jacket, split mended on verso with archival mending tissue, Fair. The author was a humorous poet writing in Chicago, "employing a form of dialect poetry that mixed German words and grammatical structure with English loan words and idiomatic phrases," according to writer and librarian Kevin Kurdylo in a brief article on KMS. He was also a member of the Cliff Dwellers Club.
(Inventory #: 140940768)