ROETHKE, Theodore (1908-1963). Open House. New York: Alfred...

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Nov 21, 2024

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  ROETHKE, Theodore (1908-1963). Open House. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. 8vo. [xvi], [1]-[72] pp. Publisher?s full blue cloth, front board stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt, publisher?s unclipped (?$2.00 net?) dust jacket (cloth spine toned, some rubbing to binding, endleaves offset; jacket spine toned and chipped, tape repairs to jacket verso at spine, jacket panels toned, edgeworn, with some chipping and a few marginal tears). Good. FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR?S FIRST BOOK, #784/1,000 COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY ROETHKE ON THE FFEP: ?For Naomi, with sincere regard, Theodore Roethke?. A small newsprint photo of Roethke is affixed to the fp. Rare in dust jacket; even more so inscribed. Roethke was an influential and highly regarded American poet, having won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1954 (for his book The Waking), and The National Book Award for Poetry twice (1959, for Words for the Wind, and posthumously in 1965 for The Far Field).
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