THE REAL TIN FLOWER: Poems About the Real World at Nine

New York: Crowell-Collier Press, 1968. First printing. Fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of the first poetry collection by the future poet laureate of Missouri, published when the author was 12 and hailed by Anne Sexton as a child prodigy and the next Rimbaud. 9'' x 6''. Original orange cloth with flower design stamped in gilt. Yellow endpapers. In original unclipped ($3.95) pictorial dust jacket. 54 pages. Illustrated by Giovanopoulos. Minor edgewear and toning to jacket, with a few tiny closed tears to top edge.