TALE OF A WALLED TOWN AND OTHER VERSES. By B. 8266, ______ Penitentiary.: Introduction by William Stanley Braithwaite
by B. 8266. Clarence A. Rae; William Stanley Braithwaite
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0894800825
- ISBN 13
- 9780894800825
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Duodecimo, 120 pages, clothbacked boards, paper labels on top cover and spine (labels chipped); x-library from 3 libraries, including an emboss on the title-page.
Presentation Copy from the Author with a rhyming quatrain, to Miss Anne Rochester, signed with his name and number "B.8266" on 5 July 1922, on the free endpaper. Clarence Rae wrote these prison poems while residing in the Eastern State Penitentiary, where he was incarcerated for kidnapping a child. The irony is that after his release he was later re-imprisoned for STEALING BOOKS ! " What of the poetry of this man who one an see is no ordinary individual ! I venture to say that it has an importance that cannot be duplicated at present in American literature. In our generation B.8266 hs written the best poem on the American flag in 'Flag Day - 1920.'" - William Stanley Braithwaite - from his lengthy Introduction.
Presentation Copy from the Author with a rhyming quatrain, to Miss Anne Rochester, signed with his name and number "B.8266" on 5 July 1922, on the free endpaper. Clarence Rae wrote these prison poems while residing in the Eastern State Penitentiary, where he was incarcerated for kidnapping a child. The irony is that after his release he was later re-imprisoned for STEALING BOOKS ! " What of the poetry of this man who one an see is no ordinary individual ! I venture to say that it has an importance that cannot be duplicated at present in American literature. In our generation B.8266 hs written the best poem on the American flag in 'Flag Day - 1920.'" - William Stanley Braithwaite - from his lengthy Introduction.
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- Bookseller
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230154
- Title
- TALE OF A WALLED TOWN AND OTHER VERSES. By B. 8266, ______ Penitentiary.
- Author
- B. 8266. Clarence A. Rae; William Stanley Braithwaite
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0894800825
- ISBN 13
- 9780894800825
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- prison poetry, clarence rae, B.8266,
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About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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