Forty Years in the Wilderness by Lennon, Florence Becker - 1961

London & New York: Linden Press & Shulte Publishing Co, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. pp 127. 22cm. 8vo. Hardcover. Publisher's original cloth over boards, red lettering to spine. Book Condition: Spine ends gently pushed, top edge a little dusty else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Hints of toning to the spine and edges else fine with one tiny nick to bottom edge. Warmly Inscribed to fellow poet Yvette Ripplinger on or near the date of publication. Laid in is a card with a photo of Lennon holding a baby, captioned by a 4 line typed poem and signed. From Worldcat: "A poet and author, she published four books of poetry, including 'Forty Years in the Wilderness', and a biography of Lewis Carroll, 'Victoria Through the Looking-Glass: The Life of Lewis Carroll' . Florence Becker Lennon served as a freelance writer for the New York Call, the Boulder Daily Camera, and Town & Country Review. She also hosted the radio program, "The Enjoyment of Poetry," on WEVD in New York, and later in Boulder on KGNU... In 1975, the University of Colorado awarded her an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters.